Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters
- Also Known As: Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters and Archaeological Park
- Address: 10915 Water Port Crt
- Vicinity: Lake Arbor Way
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1673/00/00 | Capt Thomas Sprigg | Owner | Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore grants a 1000-acre tract of land to Thomas Sprigg. | |||
1790/00/00 | In the 1790s, enslaved African Americans begin living at the slave quarters on Northampton. | |||||
1824/12/16 | Marquis de Lafayette | National Guest | Lafayette spends the night visiting with Governor Samuel Sprigg. | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
1865/00/00 | John Contee Fairfax | Owner | John Contee Fairfax buys the Northampton plantation. | |||
1900/09/25 | John Contee Fairfax | Died | John Contee Fairfax, 11th Lord Fairfax, dies at in his country home Northampton, in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
Particulars for Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters: | |
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Cultural Affiliation | African American |
Sight Category | Archaeological Park |
Agriculture | Plantation |
Sight Category | Site |
Crime | Slavery |
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