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ElizasHouseFunction
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interpretive site on slavery and freedpeople
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architecturalStyle
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Georgian architecture
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architecturalStyle
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Palladian architecture
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category
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Historic house museums in South Carolina
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category
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National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina
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category
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Plantations in South Carolina
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country
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United States of America
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cropGrown
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Carolina Gold rice
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dateOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation
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1971
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dateOfNationalRegisterListing
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1966
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hasGardenStyle
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18th-century terraced gardens
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hasGardenStyle
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formal landscaped gardens
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hasGeographicRegion
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Lowcountry of South Carolina
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surface form:
Lowcountry, South Carolina
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hasHistoricalRole
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example of plantation economy based on enslaved labor
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hasHistoricalRole
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major rice plantation in colonial South Carolina
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hasHistoricalRole
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site associated with a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
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hasMainBuilding
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Middleton Place House Museum
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hasMemorial
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Eliza’s House
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hasPart
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Middleton Place Chapel Ruins
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hasPart
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Middleton Place Gardens
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hasPart
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Middleton Place Inn
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hasPart
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Middleton Place Plantation Cemetery
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hasPart
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Middleton Place plantation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Middleton Place Rice Fields
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hasPart
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Middleton Place Stableyards
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heritageDesignation
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National Historic Landmark
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surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
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heritageDesignation
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National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
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inception
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18th century
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instanceOf
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National Historic Landmark
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instanceOf
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historic plantation
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instanceOf
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tourist attraction
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locatedIn
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Charleston County, South Carolina
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locatedInTimeZone
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Eastern Time Zone
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locatedNear
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Charleston
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surface form:
Charleston, South Carolina
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locatedOn
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Ashley River
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namedAfter
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Middleton family
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notableResident
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Arthur Middleton
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notableResident
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Henry Middleton
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offers
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garden tours
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offers
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house museum tours
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offers
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interpretive programs on slavery and plantation life
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openToPublic
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true
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operator
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Middleton Place Foundation
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originalFunction
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rice plantation
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ownedBy
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Middleton family
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restorationStart
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20th century
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restoredBy
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Middleton Place Foundation
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significantEvent
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destruction of main house during the American Civil War
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significantEvent
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earthquake damage in 1886 Charleston earthquake
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significantPerson
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Arthur Middleton
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significantPerson
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Henry Middleton
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significantPerson
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Williams Middleton
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usedEnslavedLabor
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African and African American enslaved people
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