Toledo Settlement

Toledo Settlement is a town in Belize's Toledo District.

Toledo Settlement is located at 16°8′0″N 88°49′0″W / 16.133333°N 88.816667°W / 16.133333; -88.816667Coordinates: 16°8′0″N 88°49′0″W / 16.133333°N 88.816667°W / 16.133333; -88.816667, at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level. It was originally settled by African American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civil War.

Foreign countries in the American Civil War
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Brazil
  • Britain
  • Canada
  • Cuba
  • France
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Prussia
  • Russia


Famous quotes containing the word settlement:

    “The Settlement ... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city. It insists that these problems are not confined to any one portion of the city. It is an attempt to relieve, at the same time, the overaccumulation at one end of society and the destitution at the other ...”
    —Jane Addams (1860–1935)