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Perpetual mud and water

The surging seas have since returned to conceal, yet again, the old pine coffins and the broken skeletal remains laid bare in the sunshine along the rank, soggy foreshore that was formerly a colonial cemetery on the Number 71, Berbice estate.

A Demerara-born granddaughter of Dorothy Thomas called Madame Sala, the stage name of Henrietta Catharina Florentina (née Simon) Sala, British actress and singer (1827-1859) and mother of journalist and writer George Augustus Sala.This image titled, "Engraving of a bejeweled woman in a Victorian dress" by Thomas Woolnoth (1785–1857) is in the National Galleries, Scotland.

The Queen of Demerara

A simple “X” marks the end of her lengthy will, still filed in the National Archives at Kew, but the wealthy woman of colour described as the “Queen of Demerara” was most determined that her children and grandchildren would get a proper education in Britain.

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