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  2. Evergreen Plantation (Wallace, Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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    September 25, 1991 [ 1] Designated NHL. April 27, 1992 [ 2] Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on the west side of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, near Wallace, Louisiana, and along Louisiana Highway 18. The main house was constructed mostly in 1790, and renovated to its current Greek Revival style in 1832.

  3. List of plantations in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of South Carolina that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.

  4. Colonial period of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    History of South Carolina. The colonial period of South Carolina saw the exploration and colonization of the region by European colonists during the early modern period, eventually resulting in the establishment of the Province of Carolina by English settlers in 1663, which was then divided to create the Province of South Carolina in 1710.

  5. South Carolina in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    British General Henry Clinton. Throughout the course of the American Revolutionary War, over 200 battles were fought within South Carolina, more than in any other state.On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.

  6. History of Beaufort, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Scottish immigrants founded the short-lived "Stuart Town" in 1684, [ 1] and the British successfully founded the city of Beaufort in 1711, the second-oldest in South Carolina (behind Charleston ). The city initially grew slowly, subject to numerous attacks from Native Americans before flourishing as a regional center for the Lowcountry ...

  7. Plantation complexes in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    The Seward Plantation is a historic Southern plantation-turned-ranch in Independence, Texas. Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century. The complex included everything from the main residence down to the pens for livestock. Until the abolition of slavery, such ...

  8. Built on backs of slaves: New mapping shows clearer picture ...

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    July 2, 2022 at 5:00 AM. More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the ...

  9. Antebellum South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Antebellum South Carolina is typically defined by historians as South Carolina during the period between the War of 1812, which ended in 1815, and the American Civil War, which began in 1861. After the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, the economies of the Upcountry and the Lowcountry of the state became fairly equal in wealth.