negrohouse

See also: negro-house

English

Noun

negrohouse (plural negrohouses)

1. Alternative spelling of negro-house
   • 1833, Frederic William Naylor Bayley, Son of a military officer, Four Years' Residence in the West Indies: During the Years 1826, 7, 8, and 9‎^[1], W. Kidd, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 705:

     In the country, the whole face of nature is completely changed: on the plantations, without almost a single exception, the buildings, mills, and negrohouses are destroyed, and many of them have suffered materially in slaves and cattle.

   • 1952, Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana‎^[2], numbers 31-35, J. Thomson, →OCLC, page 60:

     I fear I shall soon be under the necessity, however disagreeable it may be to me, of drawing bills to raise Cash for some of the negrohouse materials—a large share of the cost of them I hope however to get credit for till the beginning of 1834 when wwe shall have sugar to make.

   • 2004 January 1, Jefferson's Nephews: A Frontier Tragedy‎^[3], U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 260:

     This was the occasion. It was night, and the slaves all at home. The master had them collected into the most roomy negrohouse, and a rousing fire made.