THE COLEY SLAVERY PLANTATION MANSIONS ST THOMAS, JAMAICA (Missing Pieces) 

This is a dam shame. The leaders of Jamaica should have preserved this house. This is the birth place of a prominent person/politician born. I guess grew up there. They don't build houses of this structure/design anymore. This house was well built. Back then. Houses like this one takes years to built. The stone works and the woods they used good quality. Too bad they don't have a map or the blue print of the original structure to see what this house looked like in its glory days. If Mr. Lightbourn. I am not sure of the correct spelling of his last name. But. If he has any offspring. They should have restored this house. These older homes had coffered ceilings, wainscoting and cathedral ceilings. Some people that built their house from scratch. Use some of the materials from older homes/houses. From window frames, doors, old hardwood floors, bricks, wood, old kitchen cabinets and light fixtures. Because of the quality and the design. I just started watching your RU-vid blog like a week ago. And for an older adult. I am hooked😁. It brought me so much joy. And some tears too. But, mostly joy and a sense of pride. I left Jamaica 48 years ago. And to be quiet honest. I didn't know three quarter of its history. I am so proud to be a Jamaican. The views are breathtaking. I didn't know you have so many nice high mountains, springs and rivers in the country of my birth. I only knew of the famous Blue Mountain Peak/peeks? Thank you Elite Jamaica. A big shout out to Alex and his team. Excellent job guys. I have to give some kind of contribution. I want this program to continue. I will get in touch with you Alex when I am ready. A big thank you to all that are involved. Blessings and guidance always. 🙏🙏🙏. Please stay safe. 😷😷😷🤗🤗🤗👏👊👊👍

This should have been preserved as a century home for historical purposes. This could be an attraction to tourists and for teaching history to children. What a shame !! Thanks for this historic information 🙏🏿👌🏿

Excellent work to you and your team. With so much historical information why haven’t the government preserve those buildings and such history for future generations

Alex, prestige Respect to You. I Honor your crave (greediness), for knowledge.

💫Absolutely amazing Alexx,you were destined to find all these historical and hidden gems in beautiful St Thomas,amazing 💫💫💫

I knew only of the tobacco factory. Nothing of the history b4 that. This wasn't even thought in school. Great work y'all.

You have become a staple in our household... thank you.

With very little resources, awareness can help to better preserve our past. There are weaknesses in our education curriculum, civic mindset, and so much more. You are definitely shining a light and having us ask questions. Keep exploring and be safe. I'm from St. Thomas as well, now living in Italy where culture is a billion dollar industry.

A very interesting piece. The National Hertiage Trust should take control and develop these sites as features of the Heritage Tourism package . Keep up the good job.

Thank you for sharing such great programs! Now I am hooked on your programs. Stay blessed continue to educate us

i love what u r doing Alexx. These great houses and work houses are where our ancestors lived and died they are sacred. I would love to see you doing something as a sign of respect on behalf of us all before entering. I am reading Archibald Monteith narratives an overseer from England who came to Jamaica to work. My stomach got sick to see the level of violence and atrocities that our fore parents went thru. Arms were chopped off other slaves were forced to defecate on others as a sign of punishment this was done in their mouths. Please down load this book from Amazon you can use kindle only 9.99. Our elders even the ones around now should be respected to the highest level and yet you have people turning guns on them. Some of these young people need to sit down and learn what our people went through for them to enjoy freedom. I have my Paul Bogle shirt Xmas 1831 and I smile every time i put it on. That is what kicked IT off he and many others who died from the struggle should be revered. All these Great Houses went up in flames. I really and truly honour them for their bravery they gave their life for us.

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to bring such informative historical content

Thank you for watching

So many things am learning

This is a national historic treasure that should be preserved for history and to remind us and future generation of the atrocities and hurt that our ancestors went through so that we could have freedom.

Great video, keep the education coming Alexx and team.

I love watching your program! You’re doing a great job education us on how great Jamaica is

Thank you for shining your light on Jamaica 🇯🇲 Jamaica was the most beautiful Islanders that god created us I hope one day day it will rises again. Keep up the good work god bless you and your crew 😊❤️🙏🏽

Thank you very much for your educational production. Keep up the good work. You should be recognized and rewarded by the Jamaican Government.

Your platform is informative and educational the name alone ( elite ) Please pray over self when going into these places cover your self you know what I mean 🇯🇲🇺🇸

I know you guys are really happy to have found three great houses in one video. Congratulations ! 👏

I am so happy that you have found the remaining of the first great house and jail. Well Done 👍

Good morning love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love it

Congratulations for bringing first hand information to the public at

Hi Alex. Amazing video. Wow! So much History in St Thomas. Thanks for sharing & showing me History. Keep up the good work. God bless!

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

another great video of our country and history 🇯🇲 🇯🇲♥✔🙏

That was a fastastic manson in it's time, I wonder who owns that property now? Those sites should be preserved for historical tours. History like this should be taught in the schools and teachers take their students on tour of these mansions. what is the education minister of Jamaica doing and even the government of Jamaica? Such rich heritageand the history behind these houses!! Thank you Alexx for your amazing exploration and history lessons and thanks to Trevor that are with you on thses journeys.

In miserable Slavery - that is the book Thomas Thistlewood Jamaica 1750 86. This overseer met Captain Cudjoe on the Styx bridge in Westmoreland. i cant remember any book which mentions sightings of Cudjoe the man is real. He was armed of course with a sword and a gun no shoes as expected imagine walking for miles thru macka, stone etc. He use to go to the plantations and they would give him food and rum. He had more than one wife he had kids he was actually with one of his son that day and one of his wife and a few of his men. Alexx can we see this bridge i believe a plaque should be placed there. The maroons caught and handed over Bogle and I cant understand why. The maroon thing complicated they were catching their brothers and sis and taking them in,

I always find time to watch your videos because i want to here more about my country and the history

Hello Jay, grandpa and all the rest family.

Thanks for your videos on my beautiful country🖤💛💚 my brother. I have always yearned to see much more than my little parish. Keep up the great works! Had to subscribe 🙂

This site is a walk through (a capsule) JAMAICAN history. Thanks for sharing.

Wow good info I’m a Coley from Mandeville 👍👍👍

It is a good job but as a young man be careful please. I hope you get millions and millions of views you deserve it

That building housed the Hooter! It was used to call people to work or dismissed them for the day and of course lunch breaks.

Gd afternoon Alex , always making time for these videos thank you, please guy's be careful.

Those are big memory you bring back. I remember when I was a kid weeding and molding tobacco One Love God bless keep up the good work

It makes a difference having the site cleared of overgrown trees and shrubs. You can see the actual size of the and layout of the buildings. It would be great if the government could restore and have tourists visit for a fee, that could be used towards the upkeep of the houses.

Blessing to you Alex and the Team Job well done

Blessings to you from Maryland

I love watching your videos, I get to see the house that I grew up in Trinityville still standing and still look amazing. Seeing the farm where tobacco grew when I was a child brought back memories that I forgot. I remember getting fresh peanuts from someone that lived there.... got to be in the late 70s to around 1981, I was very young, but I remember those were the biggest peanuts I've ever seen in my life 😄. Thank you for what you do especially for us expats ❤❤

I agree with you Alex. It is kind of spooky/creepy. 😁

This really hurt to see how much wealth was there in our country, why can all the politicians get some investment or some billionaires to refurbish some of these Morden buildings to produce products and do more shipping init , and to put back works in the community to help the poor, working class ppl and our generations to come OMG it really needed honestly.

Wow thank you for the info

I didn’t know we had a Tobacco Factory In St Thomas, this is really historical and not to mention a Great House Also 🧡💚🧡🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲✊✊✊

Guys, good day to you all. Safe journey. Stay safe.

Good morning from Philadelphia...🤗🤗🤗

The great houses are really the greatest. If they were taken care of they would be a great assets. Wondering who owns these properties. Hidden history. So many land not in use and some Jamaicans have no where to live.

Jamaica is very rich in history plus lovely lands,which I could refresh the buildings them .tourists attraction.

Alex dont beafraid put your trust in god amen

Didn’t get to watch yet, but I hit the thumbs up and will watch later.

St thomas is so rich in history. These structures should have been preserved and used as tourists sites resulting in jobs for the youths and enrichment of our community.

Living in Danvers pen for years and we as kids use to go by a tobacco field in the community n pick the people them green tobacco big up elite

What happened to cause the disintegration of all these one time majestic properties?Did all the families of the owners die out. I wish someone had preserved these buildings. A lot of our history is lost. Thank you Alex you have sure opened my eyes to some of my lost parish's history

Hello Alex, I would like to say how wonderful it is to watch your videos, always so interesting and your great enthusiasm shows in every discovery you make. I am learning a lot about the St Thomas region and wanted to ask you if you have considered extending your searches into other parishes. I am particularly interested in Clarendon. If you ever decide to visit Clarendon, please let me know. Or if you know of another who is currently involved in searches there, I would appreciate knowing. Will continue to enjoy your videos. Well done.

I can just imagine what my ancestors went through. God bless them and their spirits. The community leaders should have turn these buildings into a community center or church like they do in America.

Great Video; still alot to learn about our country.I did History in high school but the content was not focussed on Jamaica.Hats off to you I appreciate what you are doing!

The bus took the workers to work and where they had their lunch break.

Ho god almighty if that is the jail where paul bogle was lockup and jamaica governments let the place look like that that can clearly show how much they really mean jamaica

I have to check out grama too👍

The column them super strong why people nuh renovate the building and live onto them , , , those houses can hold a family a eight or more , just light water and internet , , plus the houses surrounded by , NATURE

People stole the doors, windows and the doors of the cupboards

DOB for Robert Lightbourne is 29/11/09 and correcting my bus answer, the bus was used to take workers to the tobacco fields also as a shaded place to have lunch

I was surprised when I come out there to see they change the school name. Wow. I never come this side before. I always go from Yallahs and go up to Ness Castle from there

Q#1. The story of the bus is to take workers to the tobacco factory/farm. It also was used as a shade for the workers to eat their lunch Q#2. Robert Lightbourne was born in 1909

This is a dam disgrace, but I am so delightful to see a young, vibrant gentleman who sees the need to go out there and tell the world about our history. Good job I hope the crooked authority r watching if God could give true vision n wisdom to pickup where they left off.and aend those jail bird to go and fix up what is left, making this place a betterment for society

Love your vlogs still haven't gotten over the fact that we had a volcano I have searched numerous times on the topic and came up with nothing so I was happy when I saw that vlog

Lot of empty land needs development what going on

the bus had an attachment to pull the tobacco/ workers? :) Alexx - I must have missed the year of his birth, i saw the Coley manson where he was born and the year he started working in the govt. 1958

I think they use to blow a shell around lunch time and we use to say its lunchtime when we heard it l cannot remember how far Serge Island was but l remember the ganna use to go around and collect the sugarcane from the cane farmers sometime people used to chase it down and steal cane lol

Alex weren't you afraid when you saw the fire,left by someone that could've been watching you.You need to be careful.

Alexx - someone harvesting bees there it seems in the tobacco plant

There’s a place called Hagley Gap that has a Great House called Sherwood Estate I remember as a child I used to follow my people there they used to do day’s work picking coffee or pimento

Bus was used for transporting the workers to and from the factory.

I jus caw believe my neighbours had so much riches in the past can someone tell me what went wrong In the past to cause so much abandonment of this parish .

We should have perverse our history use it tourist attractions

Am surprised of all the things you find around there!!

Can't some organization restore those houses this would generate foreign exchange and jobs .

Yes Alex do it bless. Bless.

Very informative bro blessings btw thats my last name

I can hear the sound of the nightingale bird singing

Hi brother can I get some updates on the road development?

Interesting Vlog Alexx! I remember the first time you went there. Really made a big difference after being cleared up. It’s a nice property but would probably cost too much to fix up for tourist purposes . Plus where would the tourists come from!?! My brain not filtering in the midnight hour now so can’t answer the questions!😂

Alex thank u!

So many abandoned properties neglected , all in due time everything shall be good🙏🏾

Good job well done.

Another one. Keep up the great work!

Rather than leaving these places derelict the government should renovate these places and open them up as tourist attractions using the proceeds to support poor Jamaicans or to renovate to provide accommodation for poor Jamaicans. It could be renovated into a hotel or B&B accommodation, etc with the proceeds always providing help and support to the poorest in the community. The cost for doing up these places all over Jamaica should come from the repatriation fund from Europe and America.

Wa you say st THOMAS full a superstitious, wrong mindset , nothing na do them if them renovate , ,, rent hard to pay , so people think about it ,

It was a Tobacco factory He was born on 29th of November 1909

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I went to school there when it first opened Mr shepherd was the first prinsepal for Tha school

Sherwood Estate and Great House in Hayley Gap St Thomas

Even the jail is a large part of St Thomas history .

Thank you for sharing. Why don't we preserve any historical buildings or cities. Wow, love the history. All these are gone forever, we can only visit the ruins. Even look at Spanish Town and how it is today. I would love to see a tour of the old Spanish Town, and Black River, in fact, even Maroon Town. Plenty duppies must be on that property. lol✌

Robert lightbourne was born on November 29, 1909

Can you Checked to see if the Stoneleigh Cottage in Trinity Ville below the Anglican church has any history to i have heard that's where All the Baking were done for the Elites of St Thomas such Period of time

Robert lightbourne was also a musician

Nice guys