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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland, 1558 1652
A map of Ireland from the ascension of Queen Elizabeth (1558) to the end of the Cromwellian conquest and the Act for the Settlement of Ireland (1652). This map is color-coded to show the territories of the expanded English Pale, the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Hopsewee
Plantation mansion built in 1749; the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Drayton Hall
Plantation house built in 1742 of Palladian architectural style.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Brick House Ruins
Ruins of a plantation house that burned in 1929.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Shirley
Oldest plantation in Virginia.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Westover
Plantation that is ancestral seat of the Byrd family.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Octagon House
Plantation owner's home lent to President Madison after the Burning of Washington in 1814.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Prestwould
Most intact and best documented plantation surviving in Southside Virginia.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Mount Vernon
Plantation home of President George Washington.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Berkeley
One of the great plantations of Virginia, associated with Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina: Middleton Place
Plantation mansion and botanical gardens on the Ashley River.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Brandon
Plantation tended from 1614 on, with unusual brick mansion in style of Palladio's "Roman Country House" completed in 1760s.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Old Sugar Mill of Koloa
First commercially successful Sugar plantation in Hawaii.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Bremo Historic District
James River plantation with mansion probably designed by Thomas Jefferson.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Delaware: Aspendale
House and small plantation, intact from 1771.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee: The Hermitage
This plantation was the home of Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death. He built the Greek Revival mansion house in 1819. Jackson served as President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Berry Hill
A Greek Revival plantation mansion, imitating the Parthenon.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Nodena Site
Located on Nodena Plantation; type site for an important Late Mississippian cultural component, the Nodena phase; date from about 1400-1700 AD; first excavations in 1897.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Carter's Grove
Georgian country house and plantation near Williamsburg, recently closed and sold to a private owner.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Scotchtown (Patrick Henry House)
Plantation house of unusual size that was childhood home of Dolley Madison and later a home of Patrick Henry.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Elsing Green
Georgian plantation house built by Carter Braxton.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Eyre Hall
A private plantation in the hands of the Eyre family since 1668.
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Monticello Explorer
Provides excellent 3-D views of Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello. Explore the plantation, take a tour of the main house, and discover what Jefferson's life was like living there.
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Africans in America: Virginia Looks Toward Africa for Labor
This website explains why Virginia needed laborers, why it led to the use of African labor and how it was justified by Christians. Hyperlinks to related topics on the site.
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