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| A 350 year old Willow Tree |
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| Cotton Fields |
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| The Mansion |
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| Enroute to the Plantation |
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| Entrance to the Plantation |
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| Part of the Grounds at the Plantation |
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| Back of the Mansion |
Today we travelled 135 miles to Williamsburg and another scenic drive it was. Stopped at McDonalds for breakfast as all of us seemed unusually hungry even though it was only 10:00 a.m. On arrival at Williamsburg we visited the Shirley Plantation which is the oldest Plantation in Virginia. Very interesting to be guided through the Mansion by a very bright and knowledgeable 83 year old lady. This Plantation has been passed on to 14 generations so far - and the oldest son (not married at 46) resides on the 2nd floor. We toured the Main floor and saw everything as it used to be. 153 slaves were on this plantation in 1862 - hard to imagine. One of the other sons drove us in his Pick-up truck to and from our RV's which we had to park a little ways away from the Plantation. Staying tonight at Anvil Campground and had a lovely meal at the 'Red Lobster' again....reason being....all us girls had laundry to do and the men felt sorry for us!!
Today we travelled 135 miles to Williamsburg and another scenic drive it was. Stopped at McDonalds for breakfast as all of us seemed unusually hungry even though it was only 10:00 a.m. On arrival at Williamsburg we visited the Shirley Plantation which is the oldest Plantation in Virginia. Very interesting to be guided through the Mansion by a very bright and knowledgeable 83 year old lady. This Plantation has been passed on to 14 generations so far - and the oldest son (not married at 46) resides on the 2nd floor. We toured the Main floor and saw everything as it used to be. 153 slaves were on this plantation in 1862 - hard to imagine. One of the other sons drove us in his Pick-up truck to and from our RV's which we had to park a little ways away from the Plantation. Staying tonight at Anvil Campground and had a lovely meal at the 'Red Lobster' again....reason being....all us girls had laundry to do and the men felt sorry for us!!
Did you visit the Hill-Carter Plantation or the Shirley Plantation....your pictures are of the Shirley - just asking....did you spend anytime in Williamsburg?
ReplyDeleteDid the plantation have slave quarters? The one we were going to visit had preserved all that stuff - not sure if it was still a working plantation....
ReplyDeleteIt was the Shirley Plantation owned by the Hill-Carter family. (I've corrected this now). This Plantation had 153 slaves in 1862 - but no slave quarters - apparently they were destroyed.
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