Virgin Valley Estate, Jamaica, ca. 1780
A partial view of the estate, showing various out buildings, e.g., overseer's house, hospital or hot house, mill, stables. In the right-hand corner, there are two figures; one, a woman with a long-handled hoe, basket on her head, and baby on her back (slide of image, courtesy of Barry W. Higman).
Image Title
Virgin Valley Estate, Jamaica, ca. 1780
RegID
SI-OB-492
Date
1780
Title
Virgin Valley Estate, Jamaica, ca. 1780
Source
Published in Barry W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed : plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Institute of Jamaica Publications Ltd., 1988), fig. 8.44, p. 251; original in the National Library of Jamaica.
Language
English
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--Jamaica
Reproduced In
Barry W. Higman, Jamaica surveyed : plantation maps and plans of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Institute of Jamaica Publications Ltd., 1988), fig. 8.44, p. 251
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
19-Feb-16
Identifier
NW0094