Liberta, Antigua and Barbuda
Liberta is a village located in Saint Paul Parish, on the island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 2,560 in 2001.
It the third-largest village on Antigua. It is located in the southern island area, north of Falmouth Harbour and the port of Falmouth, to which it is connected by road.
History
Around the time of the 19th century British emancipation of slaves in British Antigua and Barbuda, a colonial plantation owner had financial troubles and was forced to sell off a part of her property in small lots. The ex-slaves in the neighbourhood bought up all the small freeholds, as they desired to own land in perpetuity. "Liberta", meaning liberty and honoring the freed people, became the settlement's name in 1835. By 1842, a painted signboard near its border read: "The Village of Liberta".The new landowners immediately settled on the lots they had purchased, framed their houses, and cultivated their gardens. Besides working on nearby plantations, income was sometimes also earned working as mechanics at Nelson's Dockyard at Falmouth Harbour. Later on, their descendants also worked in other trades, such as tailors and shop keepers.
Education
Liberta Junior Secondary serves grades 1–9 in the village. There is a small steelpan orchestra there.Demographics
Liberta has six enumeration districts.Census data (2011)
Source:| Q48 Ethnic | Counts | % |
| African descendent | 1,867 | 93.22% |
| Caucasian/White | 12 | 0.58% |
| East Indian/India | 7 | 0.37% |
| Mixed | 5 | 0.26% |
| Mixed | 54 | 2.70% |
| Hispanic | 30 | 1.48% |
| Other | 16 | 0.79% |
| Don't know/Not stated | 12 | 0.58% |
| Total | 2,003 | 100.00% |
| Q55 Internet Use | Counts | % |
| Yes | 854 | 42.64% |
| No | 1,112 | 55.51% |
| Don't know/Not stated | 37 | 1.85% |
| Total | 2,003 | 100.00% |
| Q71 Country of Citizenship 1 | Counts | % |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1,705 | 85.12% |
| Other Caribbean countries | 4 | 0.21% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.05% |
| Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries | 3 | 0.16% |
| Dominica | 18 | 0.90% |
| Dominican Republic | 17 | 0.85% |
| Guyana | 85 | 4.24% |
| Jamaica | 124 | 6.20% |
| Monsterrat | 1 | 0.05% |
| St. Lucia | 3 | 0.16% |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 0.37% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 0.53% |
| USA | 12 | 0.58% |
| Other countries | 4 | 0.21% |
| Not Stated | 7 | 0.37% |
| Total | 2,003 | 100.00% |
| Q91 Business Earning | Counts | % |
| Under $1,000 EC per month | 29 | 34.62% |
| 1,000 to $1,999 EC per month | 14 | 16.67% |
| 2,000 to $2,999 EC per month | 15 | 17.95% |
| 3,000 to $4,999 EC per month | 13 | 15.38% |
| $5,000 EC and over per month | 13 | 15.38% |
| Total | 83 | 100.00% |
| NotApp : | 1,891 | |
| Missing : | 30 |
| Q117 MoneyOverseas | Counts | % |
| Under 100 EC$ | 1,447 | 97.92% |
| 100 to 499 EC$ | 10 | 0.65% |
| 500 to 999 EC$ | 3 | 0.22% |
| 1,000 to 1,999 EC$ | 8 | 0.57% |
| 2,000 to 4,999 EC$ | 5 | 0.36% |
| 5,000 to 99,999 EC$ | 4 | 0.29% |
| Total | 1,478 | 100.00% |
| NotApp : | 525 |