The three Packwoods
In 1819, Robert James Packwood, aged 29 and enlisted as a seaman on a Bermuda ship, was freed from slavery by a “Decree of the Instance” issued by the Vice-Admiralty Court in the Bahamas. As a free ma...
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In 1819, Robert James Packwood, aged 29 and enlisted as a seaman on a Bermuda ship, was freed from slavery by a “Decree of the Instance” issued by the Vice-Admiralty Court in the Bahamas. As a free ma...
In the winter of 1964, my husband was returning to school in New York. It was Boxing Day. At JFK airport, he was captivated by a portly Black man dressed in a suit and tie, over which he wore an ankle...
Brownlow Place, who turns 106 tomorrow, did not just see Bermuda change from a rigidly segregated community to a modern democracy, he was at the centre of many of the changes through his family’s news...