Carter family plantations
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The Carter family plantations were vast colonial-era Virginia estates owned by the influential Carter family, known for their wealth, political power, and reliance on enslaved labor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carter family plantations canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic estate
ⓘ
plantation complex ⓘ |
| architecturalFeatures |
manor houses
ⓘ
outbuildings ⓘ plantation chapel ⓘ plantation wharf ⓘ slave quarters ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
First Families of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia gentry ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact |
Virginia aristocratic culture
ⓘ
planter-class ideology ⓘ |
| demographicFeature |
large enslaved population
ⓘ
small white resident elite ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
colonial land records
ⓘ
family correspondence ⓘ probate inventories ⓘ |
| economicBasis | enslaved labor ⓘ |
| economicRole |
cash-crop production
ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ |
| governance | patriarchal family control ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
colonial era ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Chesapeake region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Atlantic slave economy
ⓘ
export-oriented agriculture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large landholdings
ⓘ
political influence ⓘ wealth from plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| laborSystem | chattel slavery ⓘ |
| legacy |
historic sites
ⓘ
public history interpretation ⓘ scholarship on slavery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colonial Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Carter family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia planter elite ⓘ |
| partOf | Virginia plantation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalInfluenceOn |
House of Burgesses representation
ⓘ
colonial Virginia politics ⓘ |
| socialStructure | hierarchical plantation society ⓘ |
| sourceOfWealthFor | Carter family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
grain cultivation
ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nomini Hall