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In 1648, people from Holland tried to settle the island, but after two decades, in 1672, the territory was captured by England. The planters came here to grow sugar cane and brought slaves from Africa. Local plantations brought a good income to the owners. After the abolition of slavery, contractors from India and Portugal were invited as workers to grow sugarcane. British built a network of fortifications in the 17th century to defend their possessions from pirates. Fort George and Fort Charlotte have reached our days in good condition. These quite massive buildings are now slowly destroyed because of time, but you can still see the size of the fortifications.

Fort Burt was built in 1666 and it is still in good condition. It was reconstructed in 1953, and in 1967 there was opened a hotel in its building. The hotel still functions and visitors come here. It is a nice place for those who want not only to explore the fortification but also live here. You can feel yourself in another era by visiting Callwood Distillery. This is quite small in size rum production works on the same technologies which were used in the production of the most popular alcoholic beverage centuries ago. You will be told and shown all stages of rum production during an hour excursion, which takes place in English. Here you can learn a lot about the history of the preparation of rum on Tortola. After the excursion, you will be offered to taste local rum, and you can buy the products of the plant.
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