Rosehall links with slavery

In Guyana's Berbice region, a handful of interrelated families from the north Highlands were the first to build sugar-cane plantations. . .

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Terence Garraway
23/04/2021 at 1:25 am

Great article, note George William Sutherland was my stepfather who died in Cumberland Berbice a short distance from the Rosehall Estate. He has several children who are living in the US and Canada. My brother who is his last off spring died last April in New York
see below.
https://newsroom.gy/2020/04/22/former-national-volleyball-player-shawn-sutherland-passes/

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Terence Garraway
23/04/2021 at 1:30 am

In addition during the 1960s I became acquainted with several folks from Scotland who resided at Letter T Estates I have in my possession numerous postcards dating back to the 1900s.

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andrea
27/12/2022 at 10:13 pm

great, I am a granddaughter fom sutherland first wife.

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Penny
12/02/2023 at 12:39 pm

Very interesting. My paternal grandparents, who have passed on,were raised in Rosehall, Berbice. I am interested in the name Ault : my paternal grandmother’s maiden name.

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Milne
16/05/2023 at 12:25 am

What is known about Milne and Faulkner in this region specifically Rose Hall Estate, East Canje, not Rose Hall Town Courentyne.

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