Research project traces the lives of slaves who lived and worked at the plantation that is now Hampton National Historic Site Posted on October 31, 2018 by Linda Epps Researchers fill in stories of Hampton slaves, link them to living descendants today George Batty led a difficult, dangerous life. In 1829, the then-54-year-old was one of the oldest enslaved men working in a forge north of Towson on the largest plantation in Maryland. “It wa⦠Baltimore Sun