Drayton Hall Plantation House on Charleston's Ashley River

by Bruce Gourley

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Drayton Hall Plantation House on Charleston's Ashley River

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Bruce Gourley

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Photograph - Photography

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Drayton Hall Plantation, established in 1738 on Charleston's Ashley River, is the only surviving colonial plantation house on the Ashley River. A forced labor camp, the plantation's indigo and rice crops were worked by enslaved African Americans. The plantation house remains to the present day and is undergoing an extended period of restoration. Pictured is the plantation house framed by oak trees and reflected in a small pond on the grounds.

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November 15th, 2022

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