Qualla: Baliceaux https://qualla.com/baliceaux en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/d/k/9/baliceaux-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Baliceaux https://qualla.com/baliceaux Baliceaux: Introduction https://qualla.com/baliceaux/ Photo credit Carport, CC BY-SA 3.0. From a distance, Baliceaux looks like any other small Caribbean island: green hills rising from turquoise water, part of the Grenadines chain strung between Saint Vincent and Grenada. Nothing about its appearance prepares you for what happened here. In 1797, British colonial authorities crowded nearly 5,000 Garifuna men, women, and children onto this island after defeating their resistance on Saint Vincent. There was no fresh water. There was no shelter. There was no food supply. Over seven months, roughly half of the prisoners died of starvation, disease, and exposure. Their remains lie in unmarked graves beneath the grass and scrub. Baliceaux is beautiful. It is also a graveyard.

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/d/k/9/baliceaux-wp/ddk9-baliceaux-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Baliceaux: Before the Horror https://qualla.com/baliceaux/ Photo credit Nzeemin, CC BY-SA 3.0. Spanish navigators encountered Baliceaux in the fifteenth century, but the island's recorded history is sparse until the late eighteenth century. Its highest point, Gun Hill, served as a military observation station during the conflicts that swept the Caribbean between 1772 and 1...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/d/k/9/baliceaux-wp/ddk9-baliceaux-before-the-horror.mp3 0:06 2 full Baliceaux: The Valley of Dry Bones https://qualla.com/baliceaux/ Photo credit Cior at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. After the Second Carib War ended with the defeat of the Garifuna resistance on Saint Vincent, the British did not simply claim victory. They carried out a systematic deportation. Nearly 5,000 Garifuna -- including elders, women, and children -- were removed from their homes and t...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/d/k/9/baliceaux-wp/ddk9-baliceaux-the-valley-of-dry-bones.mp3 0:06 3 full Baliceaux: Unmarked and Unexcavated https://qualla.com/baliceaux/ Photo credit Cior at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. For more than two centuries, the graves of the Garifuna who died on Baliceaux received no official recognition. No monuments were erected. No archaeological excavation was conducted. The island passed through private hands, at one point listed for sale in 2023 with an asking pric...

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]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/d/k/9/baliceaux-wp/ddk9-baliceaux-unmarked-and-unexcavated.mp3 0:06 4 full Baliceaux: Reclaimed https://qualla.com/baliceaux/ Photo credit Cior at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. In March 2025, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves announced in the parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that the government had acquired Baliceaux. He cited the island's historical and cultural significance to the Garifuna people as the reason for the purchase, stating that...

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