The Project Pillars

A. Conduct research to locate the burial and habitation places of enslaved persons who worked on the Codrington Estates of The Trust throughout its history, document the findings, and establish monuments to memorialise those persons, connect kinship and family groups, and recognise those areas as sacred spaces.

B. Engage in academic work to record and present the full story of the Estates throughout enslavement and emancipation, to build a facility to house artefacts, narratives, and other materials to highlight through various media the enslaved experience and ensure that this tragedy is never forgotten.

C. Undertake to improve the circumstances and standards of qualified tenants who are living on the Estates, providing new facilities for leisure and community activities, and assisting them in acquiring freehold lots in accordance with the Tenantries Freehold Purchase Act and considerations of proper infrastructure and Public Policy, as outlined in the Constitution of Barbados.

D. Fuel the spirit of self-reliance, and enterprise/entrepreneurship among residents of the tenantries and wider community on the island, especially the youth in St. John, by providing scholarships and other opportunities to assist them to develop and utilise the benefits of our heritage and ancestral legacy. Such endeavours are to be pursued in a co-community practice model which has at its core both the buy-in and recommendations of the community.

E. Nurture a culture of theological enquiry and ministerial formation within Codrington College that engages critically and creatively with its history as a key institution within a Church, that legitimated both chattel slavery and the trade in enslaved persons. This will be achieved by the progressive development of its curriculum and the creation of courses that engage and influence contemporary theological research and writing around reparations within the Caribbean, but also internationally.