The "Peculiar Institution" at Pemberton Plantation

The "Peculiar Institution" at Pemberton Plantation (HMQNF)

Location: Salisbury, MD 21801 Wicomico County
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N 38° 20.85', W 75° 38.617'

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Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

Like most 18th-century plantations in the Chesapeake region, Pemberton Hall Plantation depended on slave labor. Between 1700 and 1740, some 54,000 slaves were brought to the Chesapeake region. When Isaac Handy died in 1762, records show that he owned 16 slaves. Their "quarter," or place where they gathered, socialized, and ate, was a sawn log building measuring 14x16 feet, to the east of Pemberton Hall.

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Laborers on the plantation would have used simple tools, likely made on the premises. A hollow log mortar and pestle was used to grind dried corn for hominy.

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Placed ByWicomico County Parks & Tourism, Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
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Date Added Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 1:11pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 443759 N 4244567
Decimal Degrees38.34750000, -75.64361667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 20.85', W 75° 38.617'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 20' 51.00" N, 75° 38' 37.02" W
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Area Code(s)410, 302, 443
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5565-5595 Plantation Ln, Salisbury MD 21801, US
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