Kingsmill Plantation

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Kingsmill Plantation is a historic colonial-era estate in Virginia that served as a major plantation and residence for the prominent Burwell family and other influential planters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era estate
historic plantation
architecturalStyle colonial Virginia plantation architecture
associatedWith Virginia planter elite
transatlantic tobacco trade
associatedWithFamily Burwell family NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContext Anglo-Virginian planter culture
economicActivity export of tobacco
import of British manufactured goods
economicRole large tobacco plantation
governedBy plantation management system
hasArchaeologicalSite Kingsmill Plantation archaeological remains
hasFeature agricultural fields
manor house
outbuildings
riverfront wharf
slave quarters
heritageStatus historic site
historicalEra 18th century
colonial period
historicalRegion Tidewater Virginia NERFINISHED
historicalUse residence of influential planters
laborSystem chattel slavery
locatedIn James City County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Virginia
locatedNear Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED
locatedOn James River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Richard Kingsmill NERFINISHED
nearby Colonial Williamsburg NERFINISHED
Jamestown, Virginia NERFINISHED
ownedBy Burwell family NERFINISHED
Richard Kingsmill NERFINISHED
partOf James River plantation belt NERFINISHED
Virginia Colony NERFINISHED
predecessor earlier 17th-century land grants on James River
region American South NERFINISHED
servedAs major plantation
planter residence
significance associated with prominent colonial planters
example of large colonial Virginia plantation
socialRole center of elite planter society
transportationLink James River shipping routes NERFINISHED
typeOfLandholding riverfront plantation
usedFor agricultural production
enslaved labor-based agriculture
tobacco cultivation

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Burwell family of Virginia associatedWithEstate Kingsmill Plantation