Epps plantation
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Epps plantation was a cotton plantation in Louisiana notorious as the site of brutal enslavement depicted in Solomon Northup’s memoir "Twelve Years a Slave."
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cotton plantation
ⓘ
plantation ⓘ site of slavery ⓘ |
| appearsIn | "Twelve Years a Slave" (memoir) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American slavery
ⓘ
Louisiana plantation economy ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicActivity | cotton production for export ⓘ |
| enslavedPerson |
Patsey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ other unnamed enslaved African Americans ⓘ |
| governedBy | slave codes of Louisiana ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | site of extreme cruelty ⓘ |
| historicalSource | "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laborSystem | chattel slavery ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bayou Boeuf region NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brutal treatment of enslaved people
ⓘ
depiction in "Twelve Years a Slave" ⓘ enslavement of Solomon Northup ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
1840s
ⓘ
1850s ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Edwin Epps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
discussions of "Twelve Years a Slave" film adaptation
ⓘ
scholarly studies on slavery in Louisiana ⓘ |
| timePeriod | antebellum era ⓘ |
| usedFor | cotton cultivation ⓘ |
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