SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Berkeley Plantation

Location: between Richmond and Williamsburg
Constructed: 1726

Associated surnames: Harrison

Associtated Plantations: Berry Hill (Halifax Co., VA)

Associated Free White Names

• Gov. Benjamin Harrison: signer of the Declaration of Independence; three-time Governor of Virginia; son of the builder of Berkeley; plantation's second owner
  • son William Henry Harrison: 9th U.S. President; born at Berkeley; aka "Tippecanoe"

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RESOURCES

• James River Plantations: Berkeley Plantation (online) http://www.jamesriverplantations.org/Berkeley.html