shep Ferry Hill The ferry hill plantation is located in west Virginia Thomas Van Sweringen designed the plantation in 1765 He designed it because the population in Virginia increased greatly ID: 760400
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Ferry Hill Plantation
By. Kylii Smith
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Slide3Ferry Hill
* The ferry hill plantation is located in west Virginia
* Thomas Van Sweringen
designed the plantation in 1765
* He designed it because the population in Virginia increased greatly
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Slide5Ferry Hill Slaves
* They did lots of manual labor even though they had slaves, they just used the slaves for assistance
* The slaves had to spend their earnings , so they usually spent it on supplies for their work/assistance or any needs if they need anything
Slide6Slide7Front views
Slide8Side Views
Slide9Interior
Slide10The Blackford Family
John Blackford (July 19, 1780 –November , 1839)
He was very wealthy and prosperous business man
He owned all the stock at Ferry Hill
John had three wife's and they all lived in Ferry Hill
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unlike many people who had slaves at Ferry Hill, John made his slaves all the time
anything he did for anyone he made sure he got money for it
Slide12http://www.nps.gov/choh/historyculture/ferryhillplantation.htm
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/blackford/blackford.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=ferry+hill+plantation
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chesapeake+%26+Ohio+Canal+National+Historical+Park/@