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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 .
Drax Hall Plantation: St. George: 957 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
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.
Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880–1967), of the Royal Navy, who inherited Charborough and Ellerton Abbey and other estates, including Drax Hall in Barbados, from his mother. By royal licence dated 4 October 1916 he assumed the additional surnames and arms of "Ernle", "Erle" and "Drax".
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By the early 1650s, his plantation, Drax Hall Estate, was worked by some 200 enslaved Africans. [11] Drax was known by his contemporaries to provide his slaves and servants well, unlike James Holdip who was known to be so cruel and oppressive that his servants burnt his entire plantation to the ground. [4]: 50–51
Clocking in at 7,000 square feet—and packed with a bunch of smart home capabilities—the $12 million mansion she bought with husband Josh Hall last year was impressive before demolition.