The ruins of Success, a former sugar plantation in rural Jamaica, reflect the fading memory of the brutal history experienced by enslaved Africans. Co-owned by prominent figures linked to British colonial wealth, the crumbling structures may hold invaluable artefacts according to archaeologist Dr. Ivor Conolley. Conolley, along with local custodian Lascelles Bailey, identifies potential remnants of the plantation’s grandeur, including a great house and water tanks, hinting at the wealth of its owners and the broader implications of Jamaica’s colonial past.
Standing amid the ruins of Success, a former sugar plantation in Hanover, rural Jamaica, there is a muted silence, interrupted by the occasional rumble of a vehicle passing, overripe cocoa pods falling to the ground and green iguanas scuttling across dying leaves on the estate floor.
The evidence of the plantation's existence is slowly fading. And with it, memory of the horrors experienced by the enslaved Africans who were held there, toiling under the threat of unimaginable brutality to enrich individual enslavers, and the coffers of the British empire.
Conolley points out some extraordinary features of what might have been the plantation great house, which may indicate the wealth of the owners. It was quite a massive house.
Dr Ivor Conolley believes may be a treasure trove of artefacts and monuments that could tell a story about Jamaica and Britain's history of colonisation and enslavement.
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