Drax of Drax HallWhile the British landed gentry were to profit from chattel slavery in the West Indies, the Plunkett Ernle Erle Drax family of Dorset pioneered it. Spanning 400 years and 18 generations, Drax of Drax Hall is a story that has never been told. It all started when James Drax, one of the first settlers in Barbados in 1627, effectively founded the British sugar industry. His descendants went on to write the book on how to run a slave plantation. For more