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Dominica
Roseau
A traditional Caribbean "chattel house" still stands on the corner of Old and Great Marlborough Streets next to the Kent Anthony Guest House.
After the abolition of slavery in 1834 the ex-slaves working as farm laborers could own a house located on plantation land provided that it could be dismantled or moved to another location if the laborer quit. They were known as "chattel houses" for they could be moved along with any other chattels.
In Roseau, I...
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