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Adam Straughn (Straw) Waterman (1803 – 1887)
Adam Straughn (Straw) Waterman was born a slave in 1803 in either St. John or St George. Probably on one of the estates owned by the Drax Family. He got his freedom before emancipation. Adam married Nancy Hannah at St. John’s Parish Church on 2nd November 1835. Some sources say she was an outside daughter of…
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Arthur Hutchinson’s abandoned Lime Kiln at Ragged Point, Barbados
To extract sugar from sugar cane Calcium Oxide (CaO) known as lime has to be added to the cane juice. This allows the impurities to precipitate and be removed from the juice. This is done in large settling tanks after the cane juice is heated. The residue, called mud, is filtered out and used to fertilise…
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Category: Barbados Plantations
Barbados Plantations, ownership, acreage, managers, maps…