Susquehanna Plantation Original Site in St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1983

THF249993 / Susquehanna Plantation Original Site in St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1983 / detail
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

1983

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2342

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

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    Henry Carroll owned this Maryland house on the Patuxent River in the decades before and after the Civil War. Its form -- one room deep with porches -- invited cooling breezes in the warm, humid climate. In 1860, the Carrolls raised tobacco and wheat on their 700-acre plantation. Seventy-five enslaved African Americans provided the skill and labor that supported the Carroll family's comfortable life.