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2. Drax Hall Estate - Wikipedia

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   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 .

3. List of plantations in Barbados - Wikipedia

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   Once owned by Colonel James Drax, it is one of the oldest remaining buildings with a Jacobean-style of architecture in Barbados. By 1913 it was owned by Dunsany. As of 2017, owned by Richard Drax MP. Francia Plantation: St. George: A relatively modern plantation built in 1913 by Rene Mourraille and currently houses a private school.

4. James Drax - Wikipedia

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   James Drax was the son of Mary (née Lapworth) Drax (born c. 1580) and William Drax (c. 1580 –1632), of Finham, in the parish of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. [3]James Drax became one of the earliest English migrants to the island of Barbados.

5. Barbados 'pauses' acquisition of former slavery plantation ...

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   Multiple generations of people were enslaved at the 250-hectare Drax Hall plantation in Saint George, Barbados, a Caribbean nation that received at least 600,000 Africans between 1627 and 1833 ...

6. Industrial heritage of Barbados - Wikipedia

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   The industrial heritage of Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean, is exemplified by a number of specific structures still standing. Notable historical industrial buildings of Barbados include: Codrington College - A college that was first used as a sugar plantation. Built around ancient Amerindian archaeological sites, including burials.

7. Barbados travel guide: Where to go and what to see on the ...

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   St Nicholas Abbey. Built in 1658, St Nicholas Abbey is a splendid Jacobean mansion set on a 400-acre plantation with magnificent trees, a scenic train ride and a free tasting of its superb single ...