Tapper's Corner

(Annotated photos below)

Face east from Tapper's Corner to see the farm fields of Aaron Anthony's old farm, the Kentucky ravine, and "Aunt Bettie's Lot".

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Symbol Key for the Annotated Photos Below

  • X -- Probable site of "Aunt Bettie's Lot" and Douglass's grandmother's cabin
  • AA -- Aaron Anthony's "Holme Hill" farm (outlined in blue)
  • K -- "Kentucky", the wooded ravine from which Douglass' family drew spring water
  • TR -- Tuckahoe River (behind trees)
  • NN - The present-day farmhouse (ca. 1870) of the "No-No Acres" grain and horse farm

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    Orientation Map Showing Photo Angle

    (Camera positioned at the apex of the two angles.)