Chattel Houses, Chattel Village, Holetown, St James, Barbados
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Mark Summerfield / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
AH4DBNFile size:
52.7 MB (2.6 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5264 x 3500 px | 44.6 x 29.6 cm | 17.5 x 11.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
28 December 2006Location:
Chattel Village, Holetown, St James, BarbadosMore information:
A dozen reproduction chattel houses in the chattel house village sell gifts and souvenirs The Chattel House was originally the design of the plantation workers home They were modest wooden buildings set on blocks so that they could be easily moved from one leaseholding to another In early settlement days home owners were not necessarily landowners but part of a tenantry system of the plantations The houses were constructed to be transportable in the event of landlord and tenant disputes The name chattel referred to the fact that they were movable property