SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Cancer Farm

Location: Prince William Co., VA
Founded: 1830

History: Cancer Plantation was divided into Cancer Farm and Liberia Plantation. Benjamin Chinn owned Cancer Farm before selling it to his deceased sister's husband Levell Marders. Elder Marders went on to become a well-known Baptist preacher.

Associated surnames: Carter, Chinn

Associated Plantations: Cancer Plantation (Prince William Co., VA), Liberia Plantation (Loundon Co., VA)

Associated Free White Names

• Benjamin Tasker Chinn: founder of Ben Lomond Farm, owner of Cancer Farm
  • wife Edmonia Carter: wife of Benjamin T. Chinn
• Level Marders: bought Cancer Plantation from Benjamin T. Chinn

Associated Black Slave Names

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Agriculture

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Livestock

• Horses, cattle

Description of Associated Architecture

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RESOURCES

• Ben Lomond Manor House (online) http://www.historicprincewilliam.org/benlo/index.html