Fairfield Plantation
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Fairfield Plantation was a prominent colonial Virginia estate historically owned and operated by the influential Burwell family.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | colonial Virginia plantation ⓘ |
| architecturalType | plantation complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Virginia gentry
ⓘ
planter elite of colonial Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
Colony of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext | Anglo-Virginian colonial culture ⓘ |
| economy |
mixed agriculture
ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ |
| floruit |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Burwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
agricultural estate
ⓘ
tobacco plantation ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
center of Burwell family economic power
ⓘ
seat of a prominent Virginia planter family ⓘ |
| hasPart |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
enslaved quarters ⓘ main plantation house ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | local historic property ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| historicalOwner | Burwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Antebellum South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ |
| laborSystem |
enslaved African labor
ⓘ
race-based chattel slavery ⓘ |
| landUse |
grain cultivation
ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ tobacco cultivation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gloucester County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Burwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with influential Burwell family
ⓘ
role in colonial Virginia society ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Burwell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tidewater Virginia plantations ⓘ |
| presentDayJurisdiction |
Commonwealth of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Chesapeake region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
colonial plantation archaeology
ⓘ
study of enslaved communities in Virginia ⓘ |
| significantEvent | development of colonial plantation economy in Virginia ⓘ |
| socialClassContext | slaveholding planter aristocracy ⓘ |
| startTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cash crop production
ⓘ
enslaved labor-based agriculture ⓘ |
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