St. Phillip's Anglican Church (British Virgin Islands)

The Royal Navy patrolled the Caribbean to intercept foreign ships illegally carrying slaves to the Americas.

In January 1808, HMS Cerberus seized the American schooner, the Nancy, with a cargo of enslaved Senegalese in the territory's waters.

Between August 1814 and February 1815, the Royal Navy seized slave cargos from the Venus, the Manuella, the Atrevido, and the Candelaria.

The British offered liberated Africans a chance to serve with the military on larger islands; an opportunity that many accepted.

Each newly freed African was allocated a plot of land for a house and growing provision crops.

The colonial government supported their construction of an Anglican stone church close to the shore of the Kingstown area; it was dedicated to St. Phillip.

A restoration project is underway to stabilize the remains for preservation, in order to feature the site in heritage tourism.