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Quarter
A quarter was a plantation separate from the one where the owner lived, and typically was managed by an overseer and contained housing for slaves. The term quarter appeared in tax lists and indicated that the land was not the principal residence of the owner. The inventory of an estate of a wealthy man sometimes listed personal property at each of several locations, and it would be noted that some of the property was on his quarter.
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