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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 13, 2022
Caption: L'Hermitage
a poster at Araby (Thomas Farm).
Additional Description:
From the French Caribbean to Frederick-
People Held in Bondage

During the Haitian Revolution (1791-1810), more that 250,000 free and enslaved individuals arrived from the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Rufugee Victoire Vincendiere established a 748-acre plantation named L'Hermitage (present-day Best Farm). By 1800, 90 enlaved people lived at L'Hermitage.
Submitted: August 14, 2022, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p671783
File Size: 2.701 Megabytes

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