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The Greenhouse and Slave Quarters:
Most of the enslaved workers at the Mansion House Farm lived in substantial communal quarters, while others were housed in small log cabins or in the other outbuildings. From the 1750s until 1792, the primary quarter was a two-story frame building known as the "House for Families." That structure was replaced by two one-story wings that were added to the existing brick greenhouse. The four rooms in the new quarters were set up like barracks, with built-in bunks, the better to accommodate and adult men and women who stayed there. Several slave families also lived on this farm, and they occupied log cabins arranged in a line opposite the greenhouse. |