Massacre, Dominica
Massacre
Dominica
Massacre is a town in
Massacre River
.
Naming
The town was named by the French after a
Kittitian-born son of the English colonizer Sir Thomas Warner and a Kalinago woman from Dominica. Warner was murdered by his own English half-brother, Phillip Warner. Following his murder, the people of the village he established were massacred. That village is now the present site of the village of Massacre.[2]
References
- ^ "Lennox Honychurch's A-to-Z of Dominica's Heritage: Massacre". Lennox Honychurch. 2009-09-11. Archived from the original on 2009-08-27.
- ^ Honeychurch, Lennox. "Carib Warner". Division of Culture. Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
External links
Media related to Massacre, Dominica at Wikimedia Commons
15°21′N 61°24′W / 15.350°N 61.400°W
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