What is the history of chattel houses in Barbados?

Chattel house is a Barbadian term for a small moveable wooden house that working class people would occupy. The term goes back to the plantation days when the home owners would buy houses designed to move from one property to another. The word chattel means movable property so the name was appropriate.



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