Thatched Houses, Barbados, 1898

Thatched houses in a Scotland District village. Two working-class white children are shown leaning against the house on the right. Although many years after slave emancipation in 1834-38, these houses probably closely resemble those inhabited by slaves in earlier periods. Barbados had a relatively large poor white population, many of whom lived in villages on the eastern (Atlantic) side of the island. 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.

Image Title

Thatched Houses, Barbados, 1898

RegID

SI-OB-508

Date

1898

Title

Thatched Houses, Barbados, 1898

Source

Robert T. Hill, Cuba and Porto Rico (New York, 1898), facing p.394.

Language

English

Item sets

Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses

Spatial Coverage

Caribbean--Barbados

Reproduced In

Robert T. Hill, Cuba and Porto Rico (New York, 1898), facing p.394.

Researchers

Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May

Last Updated

11-May-17

Identifier

NW0023