Boone Hall Plantation 1/26/17

We ventured out to Mount Pleasant, a suburb north of Charleston. There we encountered the Boone Hall Plantation, a 330 year old plantation and currently operating farm and tourist site. This was a cotton plantation. Since they didn't rotate crops back then, eventually the cotton yield began to decline. So, they diversified and began making bricks from clay from the banks of the adjacent river and then sold them to builders building the City of Charleston. There are some slave cabins constructed between 1790 and 1810 of the brick made on the plantation (see photo). Each one has been transformed into a history lesson with video and other interpretive materials telling the chronological story of the end of slavery. I can't imagine how difficult their lives must have been. The plantation is approached by a 3/4 mile "avenue of the oaks" creating a truly southern scene of a cathedral type entrance to the property. Many movies and tv miniseries have used these grounds for filming. Temps in the mid 60's made for a pleasant day.