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Uniform Title
The Bryant Slides Collection
Photo Description
Home to the legendary story of "the White Witch of Rose Hall." The Rose Hall great house in Saint James, Jamaica is said to be haunted by the ghost of Annie Palmer, its last mistress. Palmer is said to have learned voodoo while in Haiti. Legend also state that Palmer murdered her three husbands, delighted in terrorizing her slaves, and was brutally murdered by a former slave lover. This image was taken prior to the beginning of its reconstruction in the 1960s. Slide labeled Rose Hall.
Keywords
Architecture, Caribbean; Description and travel; Haunted places; Historic sites; Jamaica; Saint James (Jamaica); Sugar plantations; Vodou
Subject
Saint James (Jamaica) -- Description and travel; Historic sites -- Jamaica -- Saint James -- 1950-1960; Sugar plantations -- Jamaica -- Saint James -- 1950-1960; Architecture, Caribbean -- Jamaica -- 1770-1780; Haunted places -- Jamaica -- Saint James -- 1950-1960; Vodou -- Jamaica -- Saint James -- 1950-1960
Format
image/jpeg
Size Original
35 mm
Coverage-Temporal
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Saint James
Identifier
DP0003467
Identifier (Genre)
Transparencies
Rights
All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576
Recommended Citation
"Side of Rose Hall Great House before reconstruction, Saint James, Jamaica" (1959). British West Indies Jamaica Slides. 76.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-jamaica/76
Keywords
Architecture, Caribbean; Description and travel; Haunted places; Historic sites; Jamaica; Saint James (Jamaica); Sugar plantations; Vodou