Foundations of the Southern Plantation

Foundations of the Southern Plantation (HM1A9B)

Location: Charleston, SC 29407 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 48.266', W 79° 59.1'

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The ruins of the Horry family home symbolize the Southern plantation system. Founded on this soil by the first colonists, the system flourished for generations, but ultimately crumbled.

When the Lords Proprietors set up the colony, they copied the successful Barbadian plantation model. From Barbados to Carolina, large land-owners profited from the labor of enslaved Africans who built homes, cleared fields, planted seeds, and harvested crops.

The Horry-Lucas mansion burned in 1865 near the end of the Civil War. Its ashes marked the end of the slave-based plantation system; a system that originated with the settlers here nearly 200 years before.
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Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 9:09am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 595027 N 3630062
Decimal Degrees32.80443333, -79.98500000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 48.266', W 79° 59.1'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 48' 15.96" N, 79° 59' 6.00" W
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Area Code(s)843, 864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near i-90 exit 500 Old Town Plantation Rd, Charleston SC 29407, US
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