My information is that Refuge in Trelawny, Jamaica was formerly called Wilberforce (after William Wilberforce, a primary advocate in the British House of Commons was who was to move his resolution for the abolition of the slave trade year after year from 1792 to 1807). This village was renamed after William Knibb hid there while being chased by the British militia. This version does not, however, match the fact that "Wilberforce" was a free village, created after Emancipation. I'm investigating this...
Visit the pretty church where many of the Veira family, who formerly owned the beach house to the east of Silver Sands, are buried.

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