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Bonaire - More Land
2008.04.01
This is the view thru the window (and out the door on the other side) of a red slave hut. These small masonry buildings housed the slaves who, in the mid to late 1800's worked the salt pans (see yesterday's post).
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This is the view thru the window (and out the door on the other side) of a red slave hut. These small masonry buildings housed the slaves who, in the mid to late 1800's worked the salt pans (see yesterday's post).
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More red slave huts. These tiny buildings have only one window on the land side, and a doorway on the ocean side. Clearly, no one was claustrophobic in those days!
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More red slave huts. These tiny buildings have only one window on the land side, and a doorway on the ocean side. Clearly, no one was claustrophobic in those days!
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View thru the window and door of a red slave hut.
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View thru the window and door of a red slave hut.
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Another red slave hut, complete with dive site marker rock for the Red Slave dive site (shore diving sites in Bonaire are marked by these yellow painted rocks with the dive site name printed on them). The orange thing in the back right corner is one of the obelisks used to signal boats to come in and pick up the salt.
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Another red slave hut, complete with dive site marker rock for the Red Slave dive site (shore diving sites in Bonaire are marked by these yellow painted rocks with the dive site name printed on them). The orange thing in the back right corner is one of the obelisks used to signal boats to come in and pick up the salt.
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An obelisk used to signal ships to come in and pick up the salt.
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An obelisk used to signal ships to come in and pick up the salt.
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Hmmm - looks like I got a bit redundant here. Another view of a red slave hut with the obelisk in the background.
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Hmmm - looks like I got a bit redundant here. Another view of a red slave hut with the obelisk in the background.
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White slave huts.
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White slave huts.
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White slave huts.
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White slave huts.
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The "new" history marker telling the story of the slaves who worked the salt pans. Note that the slaves are called "workers" on this marker. Compare this one with the original marker, two photos down.
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The "new" history marker telling the story of the slaves who worked the salt pans. Note that the slaves are called "workers" on this marker. Compare this one with the original marker, two photos down.
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The full picture on the marker above.
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The full picture on the marker above.
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The original historic marker. Note that here, the slaves are called slaves.
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The original historic marker. Note that here, the slaves are called slaves.
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Much as I hate to include photographs of myself, I include this one here only to illustrate the size of these huts, which would have each slept at least several people. This photo was taken by my friend Janelle.
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Much as I hate to include photographs of myself, I include this one here only to illustrate the size of these huts, which would have each slept at least several people. This photo was taken by my friend Janelle.
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This is another Bonaire attraction, these are the actual slave huts used by slaves in the 1800's who worked the salt pans (see yesterday's post).
Amazing shots and a great way to expose something I didn't know existed. That was truly an awful time in the civilization of man. But also a great testimony of the courage of people in bondage. Thanks for sharing.
My wife & I were preparing to live there back in the early '90s to work at the trans World radio broadcast facility, but the details never materialized, so I went to Metter, GA, USA, to work a few months with one of the broadcasters who uses that facility, Dr. Michael Guido, The Sower! :) Would have loved being there, but the LORD always works for our best! :)
