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Natchez to New Orleans: Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River by A. Persac (1858) showing cotton plantations of Mississippi along the Mississippi River, Natchez to state line 1860 US census, Mississippi, number of slaves per enslaver Former slave quarters at Jefferson Davis' plantation Brierfield in Mississippi, drawn by A.R. Waud, etching published 1866 in Harper's Weekly
[4] Persac sailed the river in a skiff to collect information for the map, stopping frequently to inquire about names of plantations and plantation owners. [5] According to Reconstructing the Landscapes of Slavery (2021), "It has the effect of a promenade along the river, displaying the bounty of nature transformed into capitalist wealth. This ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi 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.
Davis Bend, Mississippi (now known as Davis Island), [1] also known as Hurricane Island Bend, was a peninsula named after planter Joseph Emory Davis, who owned most of the property. There he established the 5,000-acre Hurricane Plantation as a model slave community. [ 2 ]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
In early 1862, a small group of enslaved people liberated themselves, took control of some of the property, and fled to the Union lines near Vicksburg. In the summer of 1863, the Davis plantation was attacked by Unionist forces. At least 137 of the more than 200 enslaved people who lived on the plantation broke free by crossing to the Union side.
Homochitto was an 800-acre (320 ha) plantation located directly on the Mississippi River [2] in Issaquena County (initially the lower portion of Washington County), Mississippi, United States. [1] According to one source, Homochitto is a Choctaw name likely meaning "big red", [ 3 ] and was earlier applied to the Homochitto River in Mississippi.
Additionally, McGehee owned a textile factory on his plantation, with about 100 slaves working in it. [3] [5] [6] [7] In 1831, he purchased the West Feliciana Rail Road Company in Louisiana. [3] [5] [8] Map of Liberia in the 1830s, where the Mississippi colony and other state-sponsored colonies are identified.