This article explores how women in England, using a range of economic and legal tools and methods, managed wealth and property in Barbados during the seventeenth century. Being distant from the colony had implications for how English women managed their property in Barbados, as direct oversight was impossible. Instead, women were forced to broker arrangements with overseers and agents who could act on their behalf. We can make sense of how they established these connections through the lens of women's intimate networks, as they appointed trusted friends, family, and associates to manage their affairs. Women's intimate networks are a lens through which we can explain not just how women acquired property, but also their continued investment in plantation economies and slavery during the first decades of English colonisation in Barbados.

本文探讨了 17 世纪英格兰的女性如何使用一系列经济和法律工具和方法管理巴巴多斯的财富和财产。远离殖民地对英国妇女在巴巴多斯管理财产的方式产生了影响，因为直接监督是不可能的。相反，妇女被迫与可以代表她们行事的监督者和代理人达成协议。我们可以理解她们是如何通过女性亲密网络的镜头建立这些联系的，因为她们指定了值得信赖的朋友、家人和同事来管理她们的事务。女性的亲密网络是一个镜头，通过它我们不仅可以解释女性如何获得财产，还可以解释她们在英国殖民巴巴多斯的头几十年中对种植园经济和奴隶制的持续投资。