Susquehanna Dairy
THF151695 / Susquehanna Dairy
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Artifact Overview
This dairy house stood on Susquehanna Plantation, near the main dwelling house. Here, enslaved African Americans had responsibility for the time consuming tasks of making butter and cheese, an important part of the planters' diet. Besides a dairy, plantation outbuildings typically included slave quarters, tobacco barn, corn house, stable, meat house, poultry house, blacksmith and carpentry shops.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Barn
Date Made
circa 1800
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Porches and Parlors District
Object ID
42.209.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
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