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The Crenshaw House (also known as the Crenshaw Mansion, Hickory Hill or, most commonly, The Old Slave House) is an historic former residence and alleged haunted house located in Equality Township, Gallatin County, Illinois. The house was constructed in the 1830s. [2] It was the main residence of John Crenshaw, his wife, and their five children.
This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
A former slave cabin near Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, still in use as a residence and photographed c. 1936 for the Slave Narratives project of the Works Progress Administration. On average, slave quarters were log cabins with dirt floors, clay chimneys, wood-shingle roofs, and one unglazed window.
The house sheltered Confederate statesman Judah P. Benjamin in 1865, before he departed for England. Hibernia Plantation: Fleming Island: Clay: House is no longer standing but the family cemetery, private chapel exist still. [5] 02000836 Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District: Tallahassee: Leon: 70000182 Kingsley Plantation ...
Undated photos of two of the residents of Stagville, born into slavery: left, Doc Edwards, born 1850; and Amy Shaw, right, born 1850. Above photo is of some of the four still standing slave cabins ...
Kingsley's house is the oldest plantation house still standing in Florida, and the solidly-built village of slave cabins is one of the best preserved in the United States. It is also "the oldest surviving antebellum Spanish Colonial plantation in the United States." [2]
The Market House, or Slave ... gazebo-like structure dates back to the late 1790s and is among just a few buildings of its kind still standing in the U.S., according to historic documents filed ...
The house and grounds were used in several silent films, including Stolen Moments. [5] 76000650 Greenwood Plantation: Thomasville Thomas 88000968 Hamilton Plantation slave cabins: St. Simons Island: Glynn: Unusually well-built slave cabins; summer tours given by Cassina Garden Club 76000635 Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation: Brunswick: Glynn ...