Today in Barbados' History: Rachel Pringle (July 23rd 1791) 233 years ago, death of Rachel Pringle. Rachel Pringle Polgreen was born Rachel Lauder to an enslaved African mother and white master and father, William Lauder, in Barbados around 1753. Rachel was shielded from her father’s abuse by Thomas Pringle, who provided Rachel with a house and her freedom in exchange for her sexual favors. Rachel dropped her Lauder surname and adopted Pringle’s. After a scandal in which Rachel allegedly faked a