Thatched Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1898
Description
Closely resembles one type of house found during the later decades of the slavery period; thatching was cane trash. See J. S. Handler and S. Bergman, Vernacular Houses and Domestic Material Culture on Barbados Sugar Plantations, 1650-1838. Jl of Caribbean History 43 (2009) : 1-36.
Source
Robert T. Hill, Cuba and Porto Rico (New York, 1898), facing facing p. 394
Language
English
Rights
Image is in the public domain. Metadata is available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
Identifier
NW0024
Citation
"Thatched Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1898", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed February 5, 2023, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/1464