Hampton National Historic Site

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Hampton National Historic Site The Hampton National Historic site was the home of the Elite family known as the Ridgely. The home was built on land that is not originally owned by the people who built it. In fact the history of the Hampton began 50 years prior to the ownership of the Ridgely family. The family started with 1500 acres of land in 1745. That land was known as the Northhampton. In all the estate evolved from several tracts of land acquired by the Ridgely’s. Those tracts of land included Oak Hampton which was 200 acres and Hampton Court which was 100 acres. The name of the Hampton estate supposedly originated with the first owners. Colonel Henry Darnell, was the first owner. He migrated to Maryland from England. Darnell passed …show more content…
During the last half of the 18th century, the family purchased 300 white indentured servants to work in the family’s ironworks furnace and forge or on the farm. They had slaves who worked for free. They also had British prisoners of war, and enslaved African Americans. Most served a term of four to seven years, but some were bought and resold for a profit. Slavery was a part of the Hampton for 100 years but it ended when the Maryland state laws ended slavery in 1864. The work of the slaves undergirded the gracious lifestyle of the Ridgelys in the mansion. The tour guided states “the slaves were instrumental in building the …show more content…
Even though they were distrusted and feared some received firearms. Although slaves were not legally human, few had bank accounts. Some may have lived in most nastiest conditions while some were dressed like their masters. They were dressed in suits and bowties. The woman wore clothing that covered their entire body. They wore white head scarves, long sleeve shirts, long skirts with low boots. Many slaves ran away whenever they felt like. There were many freed slaves in the state of Maryland mainly the city of Baltimore. Eventually slaves were freed when the last headmaster was in charged. The law abolishing slavery was passed, so many slaves moved to Townson but came back to work on the property for money. The last Ridgely was forced to hire workers from elsewhere because there a lot of groundwork that that needed to be done on the
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