John Due House

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John Due House
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Location of John Due House in Maryland
Nearest city Clarksville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°12′10″N76°55′12″W / 39.20278°N 76.92000°W / 39.20278; -76.92000 Coordinates: 39°12′10″N76°55′12″W / 39.20278°N 76.92000°W / 39.20278; -76.92000
Built 18th century
Architectural style(s) Stone, Federal

John Due House or Henry Warfield House, is a historic slave plantation located in Clarksville in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

Plantations in the American South aspect of the history of the American South

Plantations are an important aspect of the history of the American South, particularly the antebellum era. The mild subtropical climate, plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils of the southeastern United States allowed the flourishing of large plantations, where large numbers of workers, usually Africans held captive for slave labor, were required for agricultural production.

Clarksville, Maryland Unincorporated community in Maryland

Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County; the second wealthiest county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The community is named for William Clark, a farmer who owned much of the land on which the community now lies and served as a postal stop that opened on the 4th of July 1851.

Howard County, Maryland County in the United States

Howard County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. Its county seat is Ellicott City.

The Stone house resides at 6044 Trotter Road, a road named after Emma and John Trotter who owned the property in the 1930s. The 18th century kitchen predates the 1836 additions. The property includes a slave quarters, corn crib and smokehouse. It was built for Benjamin Franklin Warfield with his nephew Nicholas Warfield. By the 1960s the property was subdivided down to 29.47 acres. John L Due performed a restoration with a recommendation that the property should be added to the National Register. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "HO-161 John Due House" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Missy Burke; Robin Emrich; Barbara Kellner. Oh, You must live in Columbia. p. 113.
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