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James River Plantations: Westover Plantation
William Byrd built Westover, his plantation home. Here you can view photographs of it and learn of some details of interest.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Evergreen Plantation
Composed of 39 buildings, including a main house and slave quarters, Evergreen Plantation is an example of major plantations found in the Antebellum period of the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Oakland Plantation
An image of the Oakland Plantation.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Middleburg Plantation
Plantation mansion.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Hampton Plantation
"South Carolina's finest example of a large two-and-a-half frame Georgian plantation house".
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Mulberry Plantation
Built in 1714 for a Royal governor; one of the earliest plantation homes in the United States.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Yucca Plantation
Black businesswoman Marie Therese Coincoin created this plantation, includes perhaps the first black for black designed buildings in the United States.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: San Francisco Plantation House
An image of the San Francisco Plantation House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Homeplace Plantation House
An image of the Homeplace Plantation House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Magnolia Plantation
An image of the Magnolia Plantation.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Parlange Plantation House
An image of the Parlange Plantation House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Madewood Plantation House
An image of the Madewood Plantation House.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina: Hayes Plantation
An image of the Hayes Plantation.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana: Oak Alley Plantation
An image of the Oak Alley Plantation.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Coffee Fazenda of Brazil 1911
The Modern History Sourcebook provides this great look at what life would be like on a coffee plantation during the early 20th century. It describes the houses, life on the plantation, colonists, and harvests.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Southern Colonies: Creating the Carolinas
Read about the founding of the Carolina colony as a place of plantations and aristocrats. See how the farmers in the northern part of Carolina chafed at the control of the rich in the south and split off into North and South Carolina in...
Digital History
Digital History: The Old South: Images and Realities
First read the plantation legend about life in the South. The remainder of the article refutes the legend, explains the differences in many facets of the South, and emphasizes the importance of the Southern agricultural output to the...
Digital History
Digital History: Slave Family Life
An extensive look at the family life of slaves and the attempts to maintain family ties under daunting circumstances. Read about slave marriages, the splitting up of families, and the ways the family kinship networks operated on the...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Prelude to Confederation
The Mockbeggar Plantation and Provincial Historic Site in Bonavista is profiled.It is the location where Newfoundland, the last province of Canada, joined Confederation in 1949.Archival photographs and documents are included.
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