The masquerading Bradfords

Resistance to slavery took diverse forms but historians point to the masquerade performance as one form.

The Bradford family will be remembered for its role in making the masquerade flouncing a living legend in Demerara. Bertis Bradford, the Head of the clan that moved to Wales with his wife Clementine Bradford called Beloved brought up several children who made their  input to the development of masquerade in the community.

At the time Bookers was extending its cane cultivation at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara. Bertie Bradford was the