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Edward H. Mote buys the property at 1021 W. Main Street
1892: The Mote House is constructed for about $9,000 for Edward and his wife, Lucretia.
1908: The Motes move from the home and Bishop Henry Clay Morrison buys it as a retirement residence. Electricity is added to the house, along with several other changes while the Morrisons owned it:
They removed gingerbread shingles.
The columns in front were replaced, adding more support.
1918: The home is sold to John S. and May James Morris. A member of the Morris family will live in the house for the next 70 years. The Morrises have two children while living in the house: John and Robert. Several architectural changes made to the house:
Historic England report highlights Kent s links with the transatlantic slave trade
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Updated: 13:35, 09 February 2021
A sweeping report into the nation s links to the transatlantic slavery economy has identified a number of connections with Kent.
The research carried out for Historic England, a public body tasked with preserving buildings and monuments, mentions Mote House in Maidstone as a property linked to a family with sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
Mote House in Maidstone. Picture: Golley Slater
Many other links to this dark chapter in our national story emerged as a result of the county s maritime and industrial heritage.
Entitled The Transatlantic Slave Economy and England s Built Environment, the report notes how vessels constructed in shipyards at Folkestone and Gravesend were engaged directly in Atlantic slavery or in shipping goods produced by enslaved labour.