National Heroes Square
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National Heroes Square, formerly Trafalgar Square, is located in Bridgetown, the capital and principal commercial centre of the island-nation of Barbados. The square lies along Upper Broad Street and
View of National Heroes Square, Bridgetown, Barbados, February 2007
The Cenotaph War Memorial and Lord Nelson's statue, November 2000
View of the west wing of the Barbados Parliament Building from National Heroes Square.
The Cenotaph War Memorial, the Fountain Gardens, and Department of Inland Revenue in the background, November 2000.
Samuel Jackman Prescod
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Samuel Jackman Prescod became the first person of African descent to be elected to the Parliament of Barbados, in 1843. He also helped found the Liberal Party, whose following included small landowner
Portrait at the 1840 anti-slavery convention
The Parliament building stands to the north of what is now called National Heroes Square