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LBS-PLA-EST-05795
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Lucky Valley
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Lucky Valley
In 1769 the estate had an unusual shape owing the acquisition of the 400 acres Rules Plantation which was purchased by Edward Long. This extended Lucky Valley to the banks of the Juan de Bolas River to the north. A further 46 acres was purchased from a George Summons. To this Long also added a further 220 and 100 acres however none of this newly acquired property was in cane in 1769, instead it pr
ovided provision grounds, woodland and pasture.Lucky Valley was surveyed in 1769 at the request of Edward Long by James Blair and again in 1773 by Kenneth Morison at the request of Florence Donovan (Long's overseer). The old works of Lucky Valley were built in 1708 and used both cattle and water mills. The water mill was not very located and in the dry season there was an inadequate water supply f
or it. The new works were powered by a water mill, these works were also closer to the cane fields creating greater efficiency and leading to an expansion in the area under cane from 385 acres in 1769 to 505 in 1773. This expansion was enabled by spreading into what had been the 'Negro Grounds.' The cane fields were restricted by the valleys of the Pindar's River and Back River. The works were abo
ut 600 feet above sea level. Long's <em>History</em> estimated the capital value and profit of a sugar estate producing 300 hogsheads of sugar and 150 puncheons of rum - the figures were strikingly similar to the output of Lucky Valley in 1772, in the region of £4000 Jamaican currency. Long estimated such an estate would be worth £40,000 therefore the interest would yield 10% per annum, the figure
he himself drew from Lucky Valley in the 1770s.The estate had become less productive by the time Edward Long's son inherited the property. After Long's death his son Edward Beeston Long had the estate surveyed again in1816 by Benjamin Haynes. The profits were topped up by carrying the produce of other nearby estates to Long's Wharf. Livestock was also sold. Th estate itself had expanded by 1,915
acres and the enslaved population had remained stable. Land had beeb purchased from Gordon and Donaldson's Upper Unity Plantation and Upper Unity House was rented out for £12 per annum.Lucky Valley was also captured by the landscape artist W. Berryman although only a single sketch survives.This entry is wholly indebted to B. W. Higman.
18°6'3.758"N, 77°12'44.676"W
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18°6'1.397"N, 77°12'48.136"W
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