Delaps

Delaps
Slaves cutting the sugar cane at Delaps in 1823
Delaps is located in Antigua and Barbuda
Delaps
Location within Antigua and Barbuda
17°03′33.3″N 61°45′40.5″W / 17.059250°N 61.761250°W / 17.059250; -61.761250
LocationSaint Paul, Antigua and Barbuda
History
Built1700s

Delaps is an official historic site in Saint Paul, Antigua and Barbuda. It was a sugar plantation established in the 1700s. The sugar mill tower continues to stand although it has since been converted into a water cistern. 213 people were enslaved here and at Long Lane at the time of emancipation.

References

  1. ↑ "Delaps – Antigua Sugar Mills". Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Historical Sites In Antigua And Barbuda". www.anbanet.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Antigua Map". antiguamills.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

Sources

  • Oliver, Vere Langford (1894). The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time. London: Mitchell and Hughes.