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The modern parishes of Jamaica Cane Cutters in Jamaica in the 1890s. Anonymous. [1]This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones.
This is a list of plantation great houses in Jamaica.These houses were built in the 18th and 19th centuries when sugar cane made Jamaica the wealthiest colony in the West Indies. [1] Sugar plantations in the Caribbean were worked by enslaved African people [ 2 ] until the aboltion of slavery in 1833.
Pool Plantation is a 17th-century fishing plantation maintained by Sir David Kirke and his heirs at Ferryland in Newfoundland, Canada. The site was first settled in 1621 under a royal charter issued by King James I to Lord Baltimore. Pool Plantation was destroyed by French invaders in 1696.
Plantations in Jamaica Pages in category "Plantations in Jamaica" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
In the 1760s Thomas Southworth, a merchant from Kingston in partnership with John Kennion, a kinsman of Edward Kennion, changed the name of the estate from Green Pond to Green Park, and started to transform it from being a cattle farm, into a large sugar plantation. [2] He died shortly after he commenced construction of the main residence in 1764.
Four Buildings on the compound of the Northern Caribbean University Campus, Mandeville; Marshall's Pen Great House; Sutton railway station, Jamaica; Williamsfield railway station; Historic sites. Roxborough Castle Plantation – birthplace of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Norman Manley; Public buildings. Mandeville Court House
The estate originally belonged to Thomas Partridge of St. James.His son, also named Thomas, inherited the property and, upon the son's death, ownership passed to his two sisters, including Elizabeth.