Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1907

Roof of cane trash; kitchen extension on right. Although the photo is long after slave emancipation, the house closely resembles wooden plank houses with thatched roofs found among Barbados plantation slaves, particularly in the pre-emancipation (pre-1834/38) decades of 19th century.

Image Title

Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1907

RegID

SI-OB-509

Date

1907

Title

Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1907

Source

Barbados Department of Archives, Registered Photos, 1905-1907, # 81

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

1-Jun-16

Identifier

NW0125