| 1996 |
| Videotapes |
| RESTRICTED: Do not circulate without the permission of the Director of Exhibits |
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| Videotapes, "Plantation," the Today Show, November 7, 1996; "The Visible Past," Sunday Morning, October 6, 1996; "Sotterly On Endangered List," June 23, 1996; Canadian Television, September 23, 1996 relating to Historic Sotterley Plantation, St. Mary's County. |
| Sotterley Plantation, situated along the Patuxent River, is a 36 acre tobacco plantation in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The main house, a tidewater style manor, was built between 1713 and 1717. Many of the outbuildings were erected during the ante-bellum period of the ninteenth century. One of the 10 original slave cabins built during that time still stands -- one of the few remaining structures of its kind open to the public. At one time, this 12 foot by 12 foot wood structure with its dirt floor housed a family of 19. At its peak, Sotterley's master owned 53 slaves.
Much of the history of Sotterley Plantation has been compiled by Agnes Callum, a genealogist and historian whose great-grandfather, Henry (Hillary?) Cane, along with other members of his family, was among Sotterly's slaves. Miss Callum, in researching Sotterley's history, uncovered the identity of a descendant of one of the plantation's owners. Former House Delegate and current judge John Hanson Briscoe is an heir of Walter Hanson Stone Briscoe. Both Miss Callum and Judge Briscoe work for the preservation of Sotterley. |
