It was rumored that the owner of this plantation, Souchay Cornelius, who died in1837, had a forbidden relationship with one of the slaves. He built a small house for her next to his mansion, and he allowed his slaves on this plantation to make money, have a market on site and have families. The slaves were treated different on this plantation than any others on the island, they could make money and it largely was a self-sufficient village that had up to 450 slaves/residents at 1 point.
