What is the folklore surrounding Annie Palmer and Rose Hall?
White Witch (of Rose Hall) The tomb of Annie Palmer at Rose Hall, JamaicaThe White Witch, Annie Palmer, was born in Paris. She is a character in Jamaican folklore. According to legend, she was a beautiful but spoiled young white woman who arrived on the island as the wife of the owner of Rose Hall Plantation, east of Montego Bay in 1820. Annie’s husband, and several husbands afterwards, all died suspiciously. Annie became known as a mistress of voodoo, using it to terrorize her slaves, and taking male slaves into her bed at night all of whom she subsequently murdered. She is also supposed to have dispatched three husbands allegedly because she was bored of them. Assuming this is true it would make Annie an extreme example of a clinical psychopath although the stories are speculation at best. The legend has her murdered in her bed during the slave uprisings of the 1830s. Rose Hall, JamaicaRose Hall is widely regarded to be a visually impressive house and the most famous in Jamaica. It i
