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Upon the death of Christopher Codrington in 1710, the two estates were left to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to fund the establishment of college in Barbados stating his "Desire to have the Plantations Continued Entire and three hundred negros at Least always Kept there on, and a Convenient Number of Professors and Scholars maintain'd."
Drax Hall Estate is a sugarcane plantation situated in Saint George, Barbados, in the Caribbean. Drax Hall still stands on the site where sugarcane was first cultivated on Barbados and is one of the island 's two remaining Jacobean houses .
By 1913 the owner was Lears Estate Company Lodge St. Michael 170 By 1913 the owner was McConney Lower Birney St. Michael 218 By 1913 the owner was Mahon Lower Estate St. Michael 474 By 1913 the owner was Frere et al. Mount Clapham St. Michael 343 By 1913 the owner was Evelyn Neils St. Michael 213 By 1913 the owner was Gibbs Pine St. Michael 452
During the 17th century in the Lesser Antilles, many of the islands in the Lesser Antilles suffered ecological losses after the introduction of monoculture for sugar plantations. On the Caribbean island Nevis in particular, the island was nearly deforested during the mid-1600s and much of the topsoil quality deteriorated as a result of a large ...
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison: Saint Michael Parish. Cultural (ii) (iii) (iv) 2011 Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire.
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In the late 17th century, at least 2000 slaves were imported to Barbados each year. [2] By 1655, Ferdinand was a churchwarden and in 1656 and 1660 he was a trustee. He also concerned himself with affairs unrelated to the church, being attested as a lieutenant in 1654 and as a surveyor of the highways in 1660.