By Eleanor Shearer, The GuardianFriday, December 12, 2025 READ FULL ARTICLE Luxury tourism in the Caribbean sells a kind of timelessness. A paradise of sun, sea and sand. But to step off the cruise ship or away from the all-inclusive resort is to see a more complex picture: a history of colonialism and a future … Continue reading In the news | ‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
David Chesnut’s Library
By Eleanor Martinez-Proctor Research Fellow, Historic New England This post is a follow-up to research done on David Chesnut in 2022. See post, "Researching Black Histories from the Eustis Estate: Notes on Process." In 1903, David Chesnut Jr. was several years into his position at the Eustis Estate in Milton, working as a coachman alongside … Continue reading David Chesnut’s Library