Bermuda Houses

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John S. Humphreys. Bermuda Houses

Bermuda Houses

Table of Contents

PREFACE

HISTORICAL NOTE

ILLUSTRATIONS

BERMUDA HOUSES

INWOOD: Paget

CLUSTER COTTAGE: Warwick

THE COCOON: Warwick East

HARMONY HALL: East Warwick

BLOOMFIELD: Paget

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John S. Humphreys

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Governor Tucker's rule was harsh. The colonists included many criminals and convicts from English jails, so a merciless discipline seemed to him necessary. The severest penalties were enforced, executions, brandings and whippings were frequent. Negro slaves were introduced from Virginia in the endeavor to make money for the proprietors, with the resultant vices leaving their trail to this day. Progress was made in building the town of St. George. Roads and fortifications were constructed and the land planted with tobacco and semi-tropical fruits.

Tucker was replaced by Nathaniel Butler in 1619, but after securing his title to property rather doubtfully acquired, returned to Bermuda where he died in 1632. It was probably during Butler's term that the first stone dwellings began to appear, replacing the earlier thatched roofed cedar houses.

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