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Family on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina, circa 1862. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress and learnnc.org. The Fundamental Constitutions of 1669 stated that "Every freeman of Carolina, shall have absolute power and authority over his negro slave" [1] and implied that enslaved people would supplement a largely "leet-men" replete workforce.
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. [1 ...
McLeod Plantation is a former slave plantation located on James Island, South Carolina, near the intersection of Folly and Maybank roads at Wappoo Creek, which flows into the Ashley River. [2] The plantation is considered an important Gullah heritage site, preserved in recognition of its cultural and historical significance to African-American ...
Mathews also had other plantations, and held a total of 352 slaves, [9] indicating that he owned thousands of acres. He owned Snee Farm into 1848. He owned Snee Farm into 1848. The Coastal Cottage at Snee Farm is typical of its time, and representative of a vernacular style for country living, although it also features some refined spaces for ...
Plantations in South Carolina (2 C, 52 P) Pages in category "History of slavery in South Carolina" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina is a book written by S. Max Edelson and published by Harvard University Press in 2006. The work is about plantations, slavery, and economics in colonial South Carolina. [1] [2] [3]
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...
The property contains a 19th-century Federal-style plantation house (c. 1830s) with early 20th-century alterations, an avenue of oaks, and a flower garden; related domestic service buildings, including a brick kitchen, smokehouse, privy, garage, and servants’ house; various 19th-century and early-20th century agricultural buildings including ...