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Bloody Point

Coordinates: 17°18′12″N 62°47′19″W / 17.3033°N 62.7885°W / 17.3033; -62.7885
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Bloody Point is a headland in Trinity Palmetto Point Parish, Saint Kitts. The Stone Fort or Bloody River runs towards Bloody Point. In 1626, European colonists massacred 2,000 Kalinago people at Bloody Point.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Lea, David; Colette Milward; Annamarie Rowe (2001). A Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. p. 181. ISBN 1-85743-118-9.
  2. ^ Hubbard, Vincent (2002). A History of St. Kitts. Macmillan Caribbean. p. 17-18. ISBN 9780333747605.

17°18′12″N 62°47′19″W / 17.3033°N 62.7885°W / 17.3033; -62.7885