Airy Hill property inventory
Document
CH_CA_2022_IC_005_002
Institutional Collections
The inventory includes a list of enslaved peoples at Airy Hill and "In Town." It has their ages, health status, and if they are "slaves for life." Airy Hill (MHTP K-94) is located in Chestertown. Col. Wickes purchased the home in 1814 and the family lived there until 1915.
MS0066-01-04-001 1842
inventories
Slave labor, Slavery--Economic aspects--United States
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