On this site, they created a settlement, assisted in a supervisory manner by Methodist Missionaries and the Collector of Customs. The place became known as 'the African Location'. The church was built for liberated Africans taken from ships after the abolition of the slave trade and placed in this freed reservation. St. Philip's was the first church built for freed blacks in the Americas. The ruins are the only reminders of Kingstown's past.
Nothing remains of all the homes built in the area.
The Masters' House was destroyed in the 1916 hurricane. The Anglican Church has held a service there once a year in early May since 1956. St. George's School has also used the sire for visits and educational purposes over the years. Bishop Daniels, who is based in St. Thomas, said the church has already started to raise funds to make the restoration a reality. Donations can be sent to St. Philip's Restoration Fund, Barclays Bank, Box 70, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.