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Jamaica's Untold History: Who Built Devon House?
This grand house represents wealth and authority. But who actually built it? Skilled enslaved builders raised these walls with their own hands, yet received no freedom. History remembers the owners, but ignores the skilled labor that made the estate possible. Devon House was built by George Stiebel, a Black entrepreneur, blending Georgian and Caribbean styles. Admire the beauty, but ask: Who built this? And whose story is missing?
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This grand house represents wealth and authority. But who actually built it? Skilled enslaved builders raised these walls with their own hands, yet received no freedom. History remembers the owners, but ignores the skilled labor that made the estate possible. Devon House was built by George Stiebel, a Black entrepreneur, blending Georgian and Caribbean styles. Admire the beauty, but ask: Who built this? And whose story is missing?
