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


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    “The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient ideas and ways of his birthplace that the whole span of the Atlantic did not widen the gulf.”
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