Best Farm Slave Village

The Best Farm Slave Village site is a slave quarter that was associated with L'Hermitage, a plantation established in 1794 by the Vincendières, a family of French planters who came to Maryland from Saint-Domingue (known today as Haiti). By 1800, L'Hermitage was home to 90 enslaved laborers, approximately ten times the number of slaves that would be expected for the size of the plantation. This was the second largest slave population in Frederick County at the time and among the largest in the state of Maryland.

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Learn about the HISTORY of the Slave Village site. Learn about ARCHEOLOGY conducted at the Slave Village site. Learn about the SPATIAL HIERARCHY of the Slave Village site. Learn about the ARTIFACTS recovered at the Slave Village site. Learn about FUTURE PLANS for research at the Slave Village site.
 

Last updated: March 25, 2021

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