An Black American family standing in front of former slave quarters at the Hermitage Plantation in Savannah, Georgia Margaret Garner was born into the harsh and unforgiving reality of slavery around 1834, in Boone County, Kentucky, on the Maplewood plantation. Her birth, like that of countless other enslaved individuals, marked the beginning of a life without freedom or control over her own destiny. The Maplewood plantation, situated in the rural heart of Kentucky, was one of many Southern estates where Black Americans were enslaved and forced into grueling labor, with little to no rights or protections.

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1. Margaret Garner was born into slavery in Boone County, Kentucky, around 1834, on the Maplewood plantation