Magnolia Grange Plantation; Chesterfield VA
Magnolia Grange is a Federal-style plantation house built in 1822 by William Winfree. The building was named for the circle of magnolia trees that once graced its front lawn. Its distinctive architectural features include elaborate ceiling medallions and intricate carvings on mantels, doorways and window frames. Today, Magnolia Grange is a house museum that interprets life at a 19th-century country plantation and is also home to the Chesterfield Historical Society's gift shop.
We welcome you to tour this magnificent plantation Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm and Saturdays 10-2. Cost is $5/adults, $4/seniors and $3/students
For more information about Castlewood or the Historical Society, please call (804) 796-7121 or visit
Haki Kweli Shakur - The Magnolia Grange Plantation /The First Working Class Chester VA
The magnolia Grange/Plantation was built in 1822 in Chester VA Southside over 60 Ancestors were enslaved and labored at that plantation , The Afrikan Ancestor's were the first working class in the United States Through Forced Slave Labor.
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Battle of New Orleans BSB at Magnolia Grange July 2019
The Bowl'd Sojer Band playing Battle of New Orleans at Chesterfield County's Magnolia Grange. July 2019
Ashland Belle Helene Plantation
This video is about Ashland Belle Helene Plantation
Kenmore Plantation in Fredericksburg, Virginia
The Kenmore Plantation was the home of Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis. Betty was the sister of George Washington and their plantation grew tobacco, wheat, and corn by the labor of slaves. During the Civil War, the plantation house was used as a makeshift Union military hospital.
Chatham Plantation in Virginia
Deluxe Property Tour Video produced to promote property for sale. All photography and editing by Aaron Moore.
Belle Grove Plantation in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
Travel Shenandoah host Kerry Keihn talks with Elizabeth McClung about how solders from both sides visited there to pay respects to Confederate Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur as he lay dying there, during the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek.
A Plantation Style Home on 7 acres in Northern Virginia
A beautiful plantation style home surrounded by over 7 acres of spacious lawn, plush woodlands and flanked by historical Cub Run Creek flowing directly adjacent to the property. This is a horse-animal-nature lover's paradise providing all the space and seclusion needed (and no HOA) and, at the same time is conveniently located in the Northern Virginia-Washington Metro area in Centreville, Virginia. The home includes 6 bathrooms, 9 bedrooms and a long list of unique amenities. Its a must-see!
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Kingsley Family and Society
In 1814, Zephaniah Kingsley moved to Fort George Island and what is known today as the Kingsley Plantation. He brought a wife and three children (a fourth would be born at Fort George). His wife, Anna Madgigine Jai, was from Senegal, West Africa, and was purchased by Kingsley as a slave. She actively participated in plantation management, acquiring her own land and slaves when freed by Kingsley in 1811.
With an enslaved work force of about 60, the Fort George plantation produced Sea Island cotton, citrus, sugar cane, and corn. Kingsley continued to acquire property in north Florida and eventually possessed more than 32,000 acres, including four major plantation complexes and more than 200 slaves.
The United States purchased Florida from Spain in 1821. The Spanish had relatively liberal policies regarding issues of race, but American territorial law brought many changes. At a time when many slaveholders feared slave rebellions, oppressive laws were enacted and conditions for Florida's black population, free and enslaved, deteriorated. Kingsley was against the restrictive laws, arguing that more humane treatment would ensure peace and the perpetuation of slavery. In 1828, he published his opinions in A Treatise on The Patriarchal, or Co-operative System of Society As It Exists in Some Governments . . . Under the Name of Slavery.
To escape what Kingsley called a spirit of intolerant prejudice, Anna Jai and their sons moved to Haiti in 1837. There, Kingsley established a colony for his family and some of his former slaves. In 1839, Fort George Island was sold to his nephew Kingsley Beatty Gibbs. Zephaniah Kingsley died in New York City in 1843.
Kingsley Plantation symbolizes a time and a place in history. More than that, Kingsley Plantation represents people, free and enslaved, ordinary and extraordinary, and their efforts to survive in a changing land. The stories of these people, often heroic, and their contributions to history can be explored at Kingsley Plantation.
In the early years of the nineteenth century, the population of Spanish Florida was small but diverse. Americans and Europeans came seeking wealth by obtaining land and establishing plantations. The forced labor of enslaved Africans secured that wealth. Those Africans who were freed by their owners or who purchased their own freedom became farmers, tradesmen, or black militiamen who helped protect the colony. On the frontier, away from the settlements and plantations, the Seminole Indians and the Black Seminoles kept an uneasy vigil on the encroaching development of Florida.
Among those striving for freedom and security in Spanish Florida was Anna Kingsley. Anna was the African wife of plantation owner Zephaniah Kingsley. At an early age she survived the Middle Passage and dehumanizing slave markets to become the property of Kingsley. After manumission by her husband, Anna became a landowner and slaveholder. She raised her four children while managing a plantation that utilized African slave labor. She survived brutal changes in race policies and social attitudes brought by successive governments in Florida, but survival demanded difficult, often dangerous, choices.
Anna Kingsley was a woman of courage and determination. She is an example of the active role that people of color played in shaping their own destinies and our country's history in an era of slavery, oppression, and prejudice. She left, however, no personal descriptions of her life. She was not a famous or powerful person who figured prominently in accounts of that era. Today we must find Anna in the official documents of her time and in the historic structures that she inhabited. There, her story may be discovered...
Louisiana, after my visit to Evergreen Plantation. 2014
Outskirts of the Evergreen plantation in Louisiana
Coalson Plantation
Now Presenting- Coalson Plantation.
This offering represents a rare opportunity to own one of Thomasvilles finest Plantation Estates. The original property was purchased in 1825 and utilized as a working cotton plantation until the 1890s and the height of Thomasvilles Resort Era. In 1896 the property was purchased by Howard Melville Hanna. Under his ownership, the acreage was greatly increased and the property was developed to accommodate family and guests as a private recreational and hunting retreat. It is during this time period that the house and grounds were transformed into estate that exists today. These improvements included the additions and improvements to the main residence, stables, dairies, five guest lodges, poolhouse, formal gardens, the famous Showboat, and numerous other outbuildings, and paddocks. Today Coalson Plantation (named after the original owner) elegantly recreates the luxurious lifestyle in the form of a resort. The main house has been painstakingly restored over the years with careful attention being given to the preservation of its architectural integrity. The stables, barns, and associated outbuildings were built in the popular brick, Georgian style. In 1934, the poolhouse was constructed and represents an architectural marvel, complete with glass roof and pecky cypress walls and ceilings. Mature plantings, oak and magnolia avenues, formal English gardens, and reflecting pools further contribute to the setting and detailing of this exceptional property. This property has great potential is its versatility, making it well suited as a resort, corporate retreat, private medical facility, development, or single family adaptations. Please call listing office for details.
Belle Grove Plantation
The entrance road to The Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown, VA. Visit this National Historic Park to get a glimpse into the lives of the Hite family. This grand estate owned by German immigrant Isaac Hite Jr. was a show of social and financial status in the Shenandoah and overall U.S. Capital region. Learn more about the Hite family and historic events of their time from a National Park Service Ranger. Guided tours of the home are an option as well. The mountain range in the distance is the Allegheny.
More on Reinventing the Historic House
A brief excerpt from an interview the CFM recently did with Laurie Ossman, director of the Woodlawn Plantation in Alexandria, Va., and Michael Babin, co-owner of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group.
Take a Tour of the Historic Adaland Mansion With Phyllis Smith WDTV
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Drewry's Bluff - Education Day
May 14, 2012. Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) Richmond National Battlefield Park.
Hundreds of students, teachers, and parents from Chesterfield County, Virginia visit educational stations staffed by the United States Marine Corps Historical Company, Richmond National Battlefield Park rangers, and volunteer living history units. Students explore the fort, study the battle of Drewry's Bluff (May 15, 1862), and learn the science, math, and technology behind Civil War soldiering.
music: Elevation by Styve Bolduc
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NC WEEKEND | Historic Hope Plantation | UNC-TV (HD)
unctv.org/ncweekend | Historic Hope Plantation; Windsor, NC. Derek Long takes us to Historic Hope Plantation, home of NC Governor David Stone, where a new interpretation of his will has resulted in a transformation of the estate. | unctv.org/ncweekend
Berkeley Plantation Event
Join homeschoolers from across Virginia for fun, food, and education at Berkeley Plantation...while supporting homeschooling in Virginia!
Oatlands Plantation, National Trust, Leesburg, VA Loudoun
A stately mansion, beautiful rolling farmland, exquisite gardens, a repository of more than 200 years of American history and culture -- all of these can be found at Oatlands Historic House and Gardens near Leesburg, Virginia. A National Trust Historic Site, Oatlands offers guided tours of the mansion, grounds, and gardens.
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Somerset Plantation
One of the largest 19th century plantations in North Carolina. Can you find the face in the window which appears around 1:00 into the video?
Come Visit Historic Port Royal -- Treasure of the Rappahannock
Port Royal, Virginia is just over the Rappahannoock River bridge, heading south on Route 301. In Port Royal, you'll find beautiful homes, and well preserved historic treasures that, among other things, recount the final days of John Wilkes Booth. You'll be able to tour museums and take steps into an earlier time.