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The first farmers of Barbados grew tobacco, in an attempt to emulate the success of the Virginia colony
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| Busts of James Drax and his wife Meliora, commissioned by their son Henry. Drax was the first sugar baron, instrumental in making Barbados the richest place in the Americas. |
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St. Nicholas Abbey and Drax Hall (below), Barbados: two of the oldest surviving Jacobean mansions in the Americas
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Sugar cane growing today at Drax Hall
<< Ruins of the sugar factory at Drax Hall, Barbados |
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© Matthew Parker
2011 back
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