SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Chatham Plantation

Location: Stafford Co., VA
Founded: ----

History: ----

Associated surnames: Fitzhugh

Associated Free White Names

• William Fitzhugh: owner

Associated Black Slave Names

1805: Slaves of William Fitzhugh
From "Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation" by John H. Franklin and Loren Schweninger

• James: male; runaway slave
• Phillip: male; runaway slave

Slave Revolts

• (1805) James and Phillip assaulted William Fitzhugh's overseer and attempted to escape. Phillip was shot by a member of the local militia and James drowned while trying to swim the Rappahannock River.

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

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RESOURCES

• Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation. Franklin, John H. and Schweninger, Loren. Oxford University Press. 1999.