Susquehanna Plantation in Greenfield Village, October 2007

THF54620 / Susquehanna Plantation in Greenfield Village, October 2007 / Photographed by Michelle Andonian
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Artifact Overview

Henry Carroll owned this southern Maryland house (pictured here at Greenfield Village) 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.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

October 2007

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.171.1226

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

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    Susquehanna Plantation

    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.