Body Ponds Plantation

Body Ponds Plantation
Body Ponds Plantation is located in Antigua and Barbuda
Body Ponds Plantation
Location within Antigua and Barbuda
17°02′54.8″N 61°49′06.4″W / 17.048556°N 61.818444°W / 17.048556; -61.818444
LocationSaint John, Antigua and Barbuda
History
Built1679

Body Ponds Plantation is an official historic site in Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda. It was a sugar plantation established in 1679. The sugar mill tower continues to stand and 102 people were enslaved here at the time of emancipation.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Body Ponds Plantation – Antigua Sugar Mills". Retrieved 2026-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Historical Sites In Antigua And Barbuda". www.anbanet.com. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Antigua Map". antiguamills.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-06.

Sources

  • Oliver, Vere Langford (1894). The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time. London: Mitchell and Hughes.