Wattle-and-Daub Thatched Houses, Barbados, n.d.
No date is given for this photo, but the Library of Congress dates it between ca. 1890 and 1923. Although long after slave emancipation in the British West Indies, the houses are very similar, if not identical, to the most common type of slave housing in Barbados. The area of Barbados is not identified, but it is clearly the Scotland District, perhaps the pottery-making village of Chalky Mount; what appears to be a beehive kiln is shown in the lower right hand corner
Image Title
Wattle-and-Daub Thatched Houses, Barbados, n.d.
RegID
SI-OB-482
Date
1890-1923
Title
Wattle-and-Daub Thatched Houses, Barbados, n.d.
Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Frank and Francis Carpenter Collection, LC-USZ62-95078
Language
English
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--Barbados
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
18-Mar-11
Identifier
NW0252