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.
Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1907
SI-OB-509
1907
Wood Plank House, Barbados, 1907
Barbados Department of Archives, Registered Photos, 1905-1907, # 81
English
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Caribbean--Barbados
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
1-Jun-16
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