At least that is what the count thought. He had to borrow money and purchased half share in a sugar estate in Tacarigua at a heavy loss. His rank and military experience earned him good positions with the British administration of Trinidad. He believed that after he would resume the Governor-Generalship of St.
Loppinot always remained a patriotic Frenchman, inspite of the fact that he had lived under British protection and generosity for several decades. When in the news reached him that the recapture of St. Domingue was impossible, he was deeply disappointed. Much more embittered he was, however, that the restored Bourbon Kings in France did not even so much as acknowledge all his many corresponcences, politely and courtly written.
An old world had definitely come to an end, and the Count, who came out of the whole affair with much to his credit, lived out his last years in the verdant slopes of Lopinot. Thursday, 11 August The Count Lopinot. Posted by Gerard A. Besson - Caribbean Historian at 4: Count Lopinot , Folklore in Trinidad , Loppinot. Newer Post Older Post Home.
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One thing miniature primary school-sized Nervous Nancy did remember, however, was ghosts. Each time we were taken to Lopinot in our yellow band maxis we were regaled by tales of the phantom of the cocoa plantation owner riding through the estate and neighbouring towns on a spectral horse. I found no evidence of this in my research.
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By all reports, the ghost does indeed have a head. I also have never read Sleepy Hollow. So I had to revert to my old friend the Internet to refresh my memory of the legends that surround the plantation. Apparently the cashew tree where he hanged his slaves is said to bleed their blood, and Lopinot himself is said to ride through the village on stormy full moon nights.
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There is even a soucouyant thrown into the mix. So strong is this ghost story that apparently, Ghost Hunters International came to film an episode at the plantation in !
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Please avail yourself of the comments of some Trinidadians on said episode:. I do agree though, this type of international exposure does draw a new wave of interest to our lesser known tourist sites. The Lopinot ghost stories are an important part of our oral tradition that are slowly fading out.
I hope that primary schools are still taking their students here so that they can not only experience the beauty of the area, and the freedom of running kinda wild in the recreational grounds, but also to carry on the stories of our history. You are commenting using your WordPress.
