There were some children's shackles there and that just cut me up. The fact that I'm now a mother just means that when I see anything to do with any child, instantly it gets related in my head to my own child and that was probably the most horrific experience for me.
We stayed the night on a plantation and it was a very weird experience. A working plantation. It's still there. I think it is used as a heritage site. That was really hard because it was really beautiful but I was there with my brother [Kingslee Daley, the rapper Akala] and we just found it really difficult to sleep at night, to even just feel at ease because we were obviously aware of the things that had taken place there.
Hundreds of people had been there, used as slaves, been tortured, killed - lived and died in that area and you could feel it. The landscape, the design of the place was beautiful but then the feeling and emotion was horrible.
There are black people that would rather forget about slavery and actually are in denial, especially the older generation like my grandparents' age.
I think personally there's nothing at all shameful about the fact that my ancestors were slaves. To know that we suffered that type of slavery for so long and to know that we are where we're at now, is a huge achievement.
Racism
When I went to school, all we were ever told about black history was "You were slaves, that's the end of it, it's over now".
Ms Dynamite looks up references to Nanny Maroon with the help of Jamaican historian Cecil Gutzmore
We did maybe two lessons about black history throughout my entire secondary schooling and I don't think any in primary schools whereas I remember doing two terms on the Holocaust and learnt the ins and outs and every aspect of it.
Personally I don't really feel you can compare the Holocaust and slavery. I feel the Holocaust is the Holocaust and stands on its own but slavery also deserves its own place.
[Jamaican reggae singer] Bob Marley wrote about waiting "until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes" [a quotation from Haile Selassie used in the song War]. I feel that sentence is still as relevant as the day he wrote it.
I can only speak from a London point of view but basically I feel that although racism isn't as in your face as it definitely was, it's still very, very vibrant - it's still everywhere at all times. I feel in terms of the system and the institutions, it's as bad as it ever was.
I definitely think England should make some compensation for descendants of slaves. It's not amends but it's holding your hands up and saying, you totally acknowledge what took place.
I'm not making excuses but the fact that so many, or the majority, of black people in England are born straight into poverty, to me is a direct result of slavery and I do feel that something should be done.
If you look at London and all the amazing buildings, the banks, it's all built on slavery. We wouldn't have what we've got if it wasn't for this - so let's give a bit back.
Ms Dynamite in Search of Nanny Maroon will be shown on Sunday 25 March at 1900 BST on BBC2.
Interview taken by Patrick Jackson, BBC News
