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Black and white print of the Franciscan church and convents in Havana, Cuba. The building is located by a waterfront near Granby Square.

View overlooking the seaside town of Port Royal in the parish of Kingston, Jamaica. The roofs and walls of several buildings show damage. A few boats are at sea.

A view of the town of Port Royal showing its brick and wooden buildings, including a church (bottom left). Several palm trees, the mountains and the sea are seen in the distance.

View overlooking Port Royal, Jamaica, showing the town's brick and wooden buildings (some with chimneys), ships in the harbour as well as palms and other coastline plants.

Sepia print of a church house in Lititz, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. In the parsonage's yard are several trees including coconut palms. A man is riding a horse by the property and another man stands at the gate leading to the house.

Landscape print showing the port of Lucea in the parish of Hanover. Buildings are along the coastline and boats are in the sea.

Photograph of a carved wooden spoon used to stir food. It was produced by people in the runaway slave communities of Suriname. Craft work such as this spatula was a form of resistance to slavery.

Photograph of a set of leg-irons that were once used to restrain captives and to stop them from escaping. Being put in leg-irons was also punishment on plantations.

"In the 18th century, sugar was sold as a big cone called a 'sugar-loaf'. Sugar nippers were used in the home for breaking chunks off sugar-loaves for use."

"This bracelet would be locked onto an enslaved African's wrist to show that they were considered the property of the plantation owner. They were identified with a plantation or an owner either through the branding of their skin with a hot iron or…