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Good Hope Plantation:
The largest sugar plantation in Jamaica in 1800, Good Hope was the property of John Tharp, a wealthy planter and merchant. To create his vast estate, Tharp purchased neighboring estates, including Wales, Pantrepant, Unity, and Fontabelle, among others, accumulating thousands of acres and approximately 2500 slaves. Good Hope was about eight miles south of Falmouth on the Martha Brae River. Today, the great house is beautifully restored, the outbuildings of kitchens, warehouses, sugar house remain intact, while ruins of the aqueduct and other sugar processing infrastructure show the vast scope of a large sugar plantation. |