01/26/2024
Who were the first Creoles of Belize, and where did they come from.
I will provide the answer in a little while.
In the picture below: seated is Sarah Campbell, her daughter Margaret Moore standing left rear, grand-daughter Laura Mary Reyes standing right rear, and Great grand daughter Inez Sarita [Nessie] Hunter.
Special thanks to an amazing lady name Laura Burn-Currie who is a contributing member of my Griffith, Pilgrim, Fuller, and Gillett Ancestry family tree. Laura Burn, is the X2 Great Grand daughter of the lady seated in this historic Creole family picture. She is also the X2 Great Grand-daughter of Lydia Cadle- and William Douglas Burn. OK, so we have already spoken about Lydia Cadle Burn and the Price family, and moving now forward.
Belize first Creole was born in the area near the mouth of the Haulover/ Belize old River circa 1638. British Pirates and Buccaneers brought with them African enslaved people and they created Belize at the Location where Belize City is standing today. The word Creole was not used until slavery was abolished in the colonies in 1838, however, prior to 1838 the word "Coloured," "Free Blacks," African Slave, and Indian Slaves were used in all Government Documents. Most importantly in our Belizean Creole History is the great evacuation of Coloured people from the Mosquito shores of the Atlantic coast. Coloureds= Zambo's, Sons and daughters of Baymen and a few other groups from Providence and Mustee people who were mixed African/European who appeared to be White, but were Creoles.
We have one of the brightest mind among us here at Belize in the old days group and her name is Detra Gillett, I am for ever grateful to her for her unselfish work that she have done on behalf of her Creole People of Belize. I wish that she can enlighten us on the arrival to Belize by the Mustee and Zabo's of the Mosquito Coast, who are a major portion of our Creole bloodline and Culture.
Then, I am waiting for someone to ask me what became of the African enslaved people, and those who were Maroons during that period after 1838.
— with Glen Fuller and
3 others
at British Honduras.