Wye House
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Wye House is a historic plantation estate in Maryland best known as one of the places where abolitionist Frederick Douglass was enslaved and later wrote about in his autobiographies.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
historic house ⓘ historic plantation estate ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Georgian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frederick Douglass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lloyd family of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ history of abolitionism in the United States ⓘ |
| builtFor | Lloyd family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfConstruction | late 18th century ⓘ |
| era |
18th century American South
ⓘ
antebellum period ⓘ |
| hasMainBuildingMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapel (or orangerie/greenhouse complex)
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gardens ⓘ plantation outbuildings ⓘ slave quarters (archaeological remains) ⓘ |
| hasUse |
agricultural plantation
ⓘ
private residence ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Frederick Douglass
ⓘ
large slaveholding plantation ⓘ well-preserved plantation landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Shore of Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ Talbot County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Wye River (nearby waterway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
My Bondage and My Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Easton, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Edward Lloyd III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Lloyd IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Lloyd V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPType | district ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Lloyd family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | National Historic Landmark of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
history of African Americans on the Eastern Shore
ⓘ
history of slavery in the United States ⓘ study of plantation archaeology ⓘ |
| significantEvent | enslavement of Frederick Douglass during his childhood ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological excavations on slave life
ⓘ
historical research on the Lloyd family ⓘ scholarship on Frederick Douglass ⓘ |
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