Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Plantation Life: Personal Accounts
Read first-hand accounts of former slaves, and learn about the devastating realities of the Transatlantic slave trade in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Life of Plantation Field Hands, 1857
Fordham University provides this account of U.S. slavery that was written by a British writer who toured the American South in 1857. It makes interesting comparisons of house servants, field hands, and small farmers' slaves.
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Amistad Digital Resource: Plantation to Ghetto: The End of World War One
A good description of the role of African Americans in World War I and their hopes for less discrimination. Read about the migration to cities in the north, the soldiers who fought in the war, but also the racial violence and riots as a...
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Gunston Hall Plantation: Discover George Mason
Lesson plans, activities, and resources for learning about George Mason and his contributions to Virginia statehood and in forging the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Gunston Hall Plantation: Mason Objects
In this set of activities, students learn what George Mason's objections were to the U.S. Constitution. They then evaluate them through a class discussion and divide into groups to hold a debate about the disagreement between the...
Digital History
Digital History: Pre Civil War South
A comprehensive look at the economy of the South and the changes brought by the cotton gin. Read through five pages that discuss the economy, the tradition of the plantation, and the sectionalism that arises in this time period.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Varieties of Slave Labor
Daniel C. Littlefield, Professor of History at University of South Carolina, explores how plantation or slave labor differed according to location and period.
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Ethnic Groups Africian Americans
Perhaps one of the largest ethinc/cultural group to inhabit Arkansas are the African Americans. Follow their first arrival as slaves working the plantations through all the years toward emancipation, and into present times. Highly...
British Library
British Library: Caribbean Views
Learn about plantation life during the 18th and 19th centuries by viewing images, maps, and text material in this virtual exhibition from the British Library. Writer Mike Phillips gives his personal interpretation of this exhibit on...
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Monticello Explorer: Thomas Jefferson
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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Hillcrest High School: The Colonies Come of Age: The Agricultural South [Pdf]
A chapter from a history text that looks at the plantation economy of the Southern colonies, which relied on slave labor. It discusses the role of women as second class citizens, the cash crops that were grown, indentured servitude, the...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Plantation and Chivalry
The Southern way of life fostered a social code of chivalry and genteelism. Read about what was considered honorable and proper for both aristocratic men and women.
Thinkport Education
Mpt: Exploring Maryland's Roots: The Colony Begins (1634 1640)
In-depth site includes videos and interactive learning activities to help you learn more about Maryland as it was being founded. Play the game that lets you build your own plantation and find out all the problems colonists faced in...
Curated OER
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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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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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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