Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda

History

The settlement arose in the course of the abolition of slavery in 1834, when numerous freedmen settled here on Far Hill (Farr's hill), where there was a public water pond. After Liberta, Freetown was the second free village and therefore has its name ("free town").

The place received further move as early as 1843. After the great Caribbean earthquake, the settlement on Willoughby Bay (Bridgetown) was abandoned, the inhabitants there moved partly to Bethesda, mostly to Freetown. The Methodists, who had been based in Bethesda since 1813, had built a small chapel and a school in Freetown in 1841 when they moved the congregation from Willoughby Bay to Bethesda. This was also destroyed, and a larger mission house was built by 1847.

The place grew very strongly - around 1855 it was named as the largest on the island and the population was given as "estimated 2–3000". In 1882, the church was rebuilt and dedicated to the "glory of God". Until the 1960s, the Methodists ran the only school on site, then a state school was established.

With the economic upheaval brought on by the 20th century's end to colonialism and independence, the population gradually declined throughout the nineteenth century. The area is now a modest, self-sufficient agricultural community with a developed structure, but it contrasts sharply with the eastern noble, contained hotel and villa area between Half Moon Bay and Mill Reef, which is popular with tourists from other countries.. Zitat ganzer Artikel S. 319–331; Übersetzung Wikipedia; Abstract, wiley.com; Mill Reef ist heute aber verfallen (TESG)

vgl. auch Genivar: Karte 6.15 Accessibility. S. 147 (PDF, S. 165, Markierung No public access). Only the road from Newfield leads to the village, which then terminates at the Mill-Reef region at the tip of the peninsula. To reach Nonsuch Bay and Harmony Hall, a terrible road splits off.

Today, the town has a small hospital (Freetown Clinic), with the Crossroads Centre, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, a police station (Freetown Police Station), a primary school (Freetown Primary School), as well as a church, the Methodist Hall of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and Americas.

Geography

It is a sparsely populated area with one beach – Half Moon Bay with its beautiful white and pink sand. Freetown has an area of 1 square kilometre.

Climate

Freetown is often ranked as the coldest town in Antigua and Barbuda, often achieving low temperatures of 15 degrees Celsius in the winter.

Demographics

Freetown has four enumeration districts.

• 60600 FreeTown-North
• 60700 FreeTown-West
• 60800 FreeTown-South

Census data

References

References

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10. "Enumeration District Boundaries for the 2021 Census".
11. (2023-03-10). "Cooler temperatures expected to continue across Antigua".
12. "It was again a much colder night than usual across much of Antigua and Barbuda, see the numbers below. The lower-than-usual nightly temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend, perhaps warming a bit.".
13. (2023-03-12). "Past Weather in Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda — Yesterday or Further Back".
14. "Q48 Ethnic".
15. "Q49 Religion".
16. "Q58. Country of birth".
17. "Q71 Country of Citizenship 1".
18. "Q71 Country of Citizenship 2".