This is Barbados as it's never been seen before ... It's not really a villa (more an elegant plantation house) and neither is it especially new. It dates from 1833 after its predecessor was ...

Brimming with blissfully bare beaches and rolling green hillsides that hide quaint cottages and understated villas, Bequia ...

He left his wife Charlotte Jemima Garth Colleton his leasehold house in Baker Street and £3000, his sister [unnamed] and brother Thomas £1000 each, and his brother James an annuity of £100 p.a. He ...

The plantation house still stands, and is home to Mary Lou and her husband, Jimmy. Joe discovered information about the enslaved people who lived at Swan Ponds in the University of North Carolina ...

Dating back to the 1950s, the Bequia Plantation Hotel is just a short walk from town, but it still manages to feel secluded, with verdant gardens hiding just a handful of villas. The main house is ...

Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 ...

One such figure was Joseph Feilden, owner of Blackburn’s Witton House during the 19th century ... s name to pretend he owned 20 slaves in Barbados. Blackhurst’s claim of £398 and two ...

Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, son of Edward Lascelles (1739-1820), 1st Earl and Anne Chaloner. Landowner. 'The family made its money in the West Indies'. Styled Viscount Lascelles, 3 June ...

It was through Elizabeth's descendants that the House of Hanover came to inherit the English throne. The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia were not slaves but indentured servants.

ESDS Software, a cloud services and data center firm, plans to raise up to Rs 700 crore through an IPO, filing its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI. The proceeds will expand data centers, invest ...