Photo from the album: "Amistad" by Joanne Pooler

Friday, April 4 2008 will go down in history as the day that the people of Barbados welcomed AMISTAD in the fullness of Bajan hospitality.

You may observe from Fort Willoughby, the Boardwalk, or the live broadcast via Morning Barbados, and I want to encourage you to embrace this day as it is history in the making.

And remember, this is not a slave ship and this is not about celebrating slavery.

It is about commemorating the 200th year of the abolition of the Triangular Slave Trade and the progressive liberation of the minds of the descendants of nations that were part of it.

AMISTAD means friendship and they truly are our new-found friends.

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