The movie "12 Years a Slave" used this Lower Garden District mansion for the interior setting for the Epps plantation house. The home, owned by Banks McClintock and Julie Simpson of New Orleans ...

The carpenter, in turn, sold him once more to plantation owner Edwin Epps for $1,500. Epps turned out to be an especially sadistic master. He developed a “twisted, ...

On the sometimes inexplicable behavior of Epps, the plantation owner. Ejiofor: His behavior is peculiar because he is, you know — they're all slightly mad.

But this house for plantation owner Edwin Epps became a gateway to freedom. "Solomon Northup encountered a carpenter who was originally from Canada whose name was Samuel Bass," Sanson said.

CHESTERFIELD - Eppington Plantation is a portal to the past that rarely receives visitors. Visits to the plantation - located a quarter-mile from the Appomattox River and well off the beaten path - ...

Francis Eppes was a slaveowner, a justice of the peace who helped capture escaped slaves, and the owner of a plantation where slaves were forced to pick cotton. B.K. Roberts was a Florida Supreme ...

By 1860, his plantation spanned 1,920 acres, and Eppes owned at least 70 enslaved people. News Sports Entertainment Opinion Email Us Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. OPINION.

A tour of the house and grounds of historic Eppington Plantation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Experience what plantation life was like in the 1700s. Learn about the families that resided at ...

Built in 1768, Eppington Plantation is a structure in Chesterfield County that was built by President Thomas Jefferson’s brother-in-law, Frances Eppes VI.