Glasgow Estate History

Property Glasgow Estate Glasgow Estate History Glasgow Gallery 1 Glasgow Gallery 2 Glasgow Gallery 3 Glasgow Gallery 4   Glasgow estates in Adelphi was established over 200 years ago by an English absentee farmer when sugar was king and the slave trade flourished. A property in excess of 1,000 acres, was a fully operating sugar plantation whose history is closely linked to the infamous Annie Palmer, the White Witch of Rose Hall. The Master's Great House, which overlooks the site of the sugar manufacturing operation, dates back to 1799 and the bronze plaque marking its completion is still over the mantle in the great hall. Glasgow became a haven for runaway slaves who were en route on foot to Maroon Town as they escape the tyranny of the White Witch of Rose Hall. Paradoxically, the sorcerer (obeah man) consultant for the White Witch lived in Palmyra, the interior hills of Glasgow. The richness of the history of the area is a combination of the British nobility and the traumatic experience of the slaves. The former is reflected in such descriptive names as: Adelphi, Paisley, Sommerton and Glasgow, while the latter is remembered in such names as:  Slippery Gut, Content and Little Ease. Today, Glasgow is a 660-acre property zoned for residential, commercial, industrial and tourist type development with related provisions for infrastructure and support such as:  bank, church, schools, shopping center, fire station, gas station, post office as well as the retention of the Historic Great House.