Legg's Dependence, also known as Long Creek Farm and William E. Porter Farm, is a historic home located at Stevensville,

Queen Anne's County, Maryland Queen Anne's County is located on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,874. Its county seat and most populous municipality is Centreville. The census-designated place of Stevensville ...

. It is a -story center-hall plan brick house. It was built in several stages beginning around 1760–80, as a single-story hall/parlor plan dwelling. It was enlarged to its present form during the second quarter of the 19th century. The estate at one point was home to an enslaved husband and wife, Sling and Sarah Louis, who were sold through a trader in Richmond, Virginia to the owner of a plantation near Ashbie's Gap in Virginia. One or both of Sling and Sarah's parents later escaped with the help of

Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves, including family and friends, u ...

and found their way to Philadelphia. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2003.

References

External links

*, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust Hall and parlor houses Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland Georgian architecture in Maryland Greek Revival houses in Maryland Houses completed in 1760 Kent Island, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland {{QueenAnnesCountyMD-NRHP-stub