SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Anthony) Thompson Plantation

Location: Dorchester Co., MD
Founded: ca. 1810

History:

Harriet Tubman
The Edward Brodess Farm was the birthplace of one of America's most famous heroes, Harriet Tubman. Read more about Harriet Tubman at Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero, http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com

Associated Surnames: Bailey, Banks, Bowley, Brodess, Cane, Green, Manokey, Ross, Saunders, Slacum, Spriggs, Thompson, Tyler, Young

Associated Plantations: (Edward) Brodess Farm (Dorchester Co., MD)

Associated Free White Names

• (1820 - ) Anthony Thompson: owner
  • wife Mary Pattison Brodess Thompson
  • step-son Edward Brodess: owner of Edward Brodess Farm; subsequent owner of Rit Green Ross and her children
  • son Dr. Anthony C. Thompson
  • son Absalom Thompson

Associated Black Slave Names

Slaves of Anthony Thompson
From submission by Kate Clifford Larson

• Ben Ross
  • wife Rit Green Ross: later owned by Edward Brodess; see Edward Brodess Farm
  • dau. Linah Ross
  • dau. Mariah Ross
  • dau. Ritty Ross
  • dau. Soph Ross
  • son Robert Ross
  • dau. Harriet Ross Tubman: b. 1822
  • son Ben Ross
• Note: The Thompsons also enslaved families with the surnames Manokey, Young, Bailey, Tyler, Spriggs, Banks, Saunders, Slacum, Bowley, Cane, and Green

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

• Main House: Federal period dwelling, built presumably ca. 1820. Destroyed in 1980's.

Other People Researching This Plantation

• Kate Clifford Larson, [email protected]
  Homepage - Bound for the Promised Land (http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com)

RESOURCES

• Anthony Thompson Plantation originally submitted by Kate Clifford Larson. Thanks!
• Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. http://www.harriettubmanbiography.com