Slave Plantations In Md. Harriet tubman was born into slavery just a few miles away from cambridge. Our guide was craig who was extremely knowledgeable, & it seemed he welcomed our questions & knew the answers to all of them.
Acquiring slaves for these plantations was relatively easy since the slave marketplace was located in upper marlboro, which was in the county as well. In 1838 they ended slaveholding with a mass sale of their 272 slaves to sugar cane plantations in louisiana in the deep south. A national park service national underground railroad network to freedom site.
(historic sotterley) by debra bruno july 18, 2019 at 7:22 a.m.
Day trip from solomon's mwr area. Recommend watching the 15 minute video before the tour, lots of information in it. H plantation houses in maryland (58 p) Town's painful past on maryland's eastern shore, archaeology students are slowly unearthing the details of slave life on wye house farm, a former plantation.