colonial-era plantation
C17952
concept
A colonial-era plantation is a large agricultural estate established during the colonial period that relied on coerced or enslaved labor to produce cash crops for export, typically reinforcing systems of racial and economic exploitation.
Observed surface forms (5)
- historic plantation estate ×8
- colonial Virginia plantation ×1
- colonial plantation complex ×1
- colonial-era Virginia estate ×1
- slave plantation ×1
Instances (13)
- Cotonou plantation
- Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Sweet Home plantation via concept surface "slave plantation"
- Ravensworth, Virginia via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Poplar Hall via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Wye House via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Snowdon plantation via concept surface "colonial-era Virginia estate"
- Ditchley via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- York River plantations via concept surface "colonial plantation complex"
- Bel Air via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Enfield, Caroline County, Virginia via concept surface "historic plantation estate"
- Fairfield Plantation via concept surface "colonial Virginia plantation"
- Abingdon, near present-day Reagan National Airport via concept surface "historic plantation estate"