Bajan Architecture

Rogues, Identity, and the Spirit of Improvisation. The story of the effects house belongs in Rogues in Paradise because rogues-- in your definition-- are individuals who flex the rules, reimagine the possible, and produce new methods to endure and flourish.
The chattel house is a rogue structure.
It defied the plantation system.
It challenged the reasoning of land control.
It embodied the improvisational genius of ordinary Bajans.
And like the characters in your book-- Ace, Woolly, Yardfowl, Muriel-- the goods house was bold, unconventional, and quietly rebellious.
As you frequently say:.
Barbadians did not acquire liberty-- they produced it.
The goods house is the architectural evidence.

Influenced by Rogues in Paradise.

Caribbean history