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1.1 Thomas John Cottle (1761 - 1828)In contrast to his father-in-law, Thomas John Cottle was a proponent of certain slave freedoms. In 1822 he began construction of a chapel on his Round Hill Estate so that slaves and masters could worship together - a practice not allowed at that time in the Anglican Church. The chapel was completed and dedicated in 1824. Thomas Cottle died four years after the completion of the chapel, which is now known as Cottle Church. According to his marker at St. Mark's, Round Hill (where his mother-in-law was also buried) Thomas Cottle served as the president of Nevis for many years. At St. Thomas Lowland a plaque to Cottle (that was apparently moved from Cottle Church) states "To his negroes a mild and humane master, ever anxious to promote their temporal benefit and proving his regard to their external happiness by the erection of this chapel for their improvement" (Burns 1954:636). |
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Burns, Sir Alan 1954 History of the British West Indies. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd..
Gordon, Joyce
Hubbard, Vincent
Oliver, Vere Langford Additional information on these pages was garnered from handwritten Huggins family trees which are on file at the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society and which were generously provided to me by David Small and Karin Ambrosh. |
