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Slavery at Monticello Tour
Open Today - 8:30AM - 5:30PM. Outdoor. 45-minute tour. Included with admission. Slavery at Monticello Guided Tour. Watch on. These guided outdoor walking tours focus on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation. Included in the price of admission.
James River Plantations
Explore four National Register properties along the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. Learn about the history and culture of the plantations, their owners and slaves, and the role of the county in American history.
Slavery and Tourism in Virginia
Slavery and Tourism in Virginia. the trail to the James River landing where slaves were loaded on ships is now commemorated in Richmond Source: Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission, Slave Trail Map. Representing the heritage of slavery may be the toughest challenge at historical sites in Virginia. Civil War re-enactments were common ...
Virginia Plantation Tours
The state is dotted with the remnants of 18th and 19th century plantations, most of which host tours that explain plantation life, slavery, and the history of Virginia's blue bloods. Types
Virtual Tour of a Dwelling for the Enslaved at Sharswood Plantation
This is a virtual tour of one of twelve structures that once housed the enslaved population at Sharswood, a former 2,000-acre tobacco plantation in Pittsylvania County. The 1860 census lists fifty-eight people who were held on the plantation in bondage, twenty-three of whom were children under the age of twelve. (Those above twelve were considered adults.) This sixteen-by-thirty-two-foot ...
From Slavery to Freedom Tour
Spring - Fall: Daily, 9:05 a.m. Winter: Fri - Sun, 10:35 a.m. This 2.5 hour, small-group, guided, interactive tour has a specific focus on slavery at Monticello and its legacies. The tour begins on the mountaintop, with an exploration of the first floor of the house, surrounding grounds, and Mulberry Row through the perspectives of enslaved ...
"African American Heritage"
To this day, the 11th generation continues to own, operate, and work this grand southern plantation. Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. Enslaved labor played a very important role at Shirley Plantation and slaves were essential to the plantation system.
Visit Shirley
Shirley Plantation Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. ... Self-guided grounds-only admission includes exhibits inside the Ice House and the Storehouse, the slavery exhibit located in the Kitchen Building, our Nature Walk Field Guide and Grounds Map, and the walking audio tour. ... Help keep Virginia clean and green - use our ...
Belle Grove Historic Plantation
Belle Grove is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley near Middletown, Virginia. It was the home Major Isaac Hite and his wife Nelly Madison Hite, sister of President James Madison. Major Hite, grandson of Shenandoah Valley Pioneer Jost Hite, used enslaved labor to expand his original 483 acres to a prosperous 7500 acre plantation, growing ...
Whitney Plantation
THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND LEGACIES OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. Whitney Plantation (legal name The Whitney Institute) is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of the Whitney Plantation, which operated from 1752-1975 and produced indigo, sugar, and rice as its principal cash crops. The museum ...
Plantation tours: Correcting the record at slavery's ground zero
Plantation tours bypass the 'big house' to focus on the enslaved. These cramped slave quarters are part of the 37-acre McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina. The site's ...
Williamsburg, VA: History of Slavery Guided Walking Tour
18 Niagara Falls, USA. 19 Everglades City. 20 St. Augustine, Florida. Learn about the history of slavery Williamsburg on this guided walking tour. Hear about what is and is not slavery, debunk myths associated with it, and explore its impacts on modern society.
Mapping Virginia's Slave Dwellings
Explore 360° virtual tours of nineteen slave dwellings across Virginia, using Google Street View technology. Learn about the history and legacy of slavery in Virginia through this online project by Encyclopedia Virginia and Saving Slave Houses.
The Manor House
The Manor House. Located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Belle Grove offers guests inspiring tours of the region's premier authentic antebellum plantation. Belle Grove's expert volunteer docents and staff lead guided tours of the 1797 Manor House. C lick here for updated hours on Manor House Tours.
At Monticello, Mount Vernon and other plantations, talk about slavery
Some visitors warn online that Whitney is a "slavery tour" rather than a real "plantation tour," said Joy Banner, the site's marketing director. "Honestly, 'plantation' and ...
Black History Attractions
The Pulaski County Courthouse features the local history of Black people, developed by Lucy Harmon, wife of Chauncy, an early civil rights advocate in the 1950s. When you stop in Bristol, be sure to tour the Nyumba Ya Tausi-Peacock Museum, home to African artifacts and local Black memorabilia, slave items and more.
Tours at Former US Plantations Focus on Telling Truth About ...
That was the case at Oatlands Historic House and Gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, where tours highlighted the plantation's slave owners and neglected to mention the Black people who labored there.
Virtual Tour of a Slave Dwelling in Mecklenburg County
This is a virtual tour of a slave dwelling at Prestwould plantation, on the north side of the Roanoke River, near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County. The cabin was erected in two phases in 1790 and 1829. Sir Peyton Skipwith built the main plantation house and moved his family there in in 1797. Prestwould is considered the best-documented ...
Spring at Monticello
Behind the Scenes Tour Tour the first floor of Monticello and then go behind the scenes to explore the family and guest rooms upstairs, as well as the iconic Dome Room. From Slavery to Freedom Tour This 2.5 hour, guided, small-group, interactive tour explores Monticello through the perspectives of enslaved people who labored on the plantation.
Plantations
Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation's history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Britain in 1776.
In the True Blue's Wake: Slavery and Freedom among the Families of
In 1759, William Preston purchased sixteen enslaved Africans brought to Maryland aboard the True Blue, an English slave ship. Over the next century, the Prestons enslaved more than 200 individuals and used their labor to establish and operate Smithfield, the family's Virginia seat, and the plantations into which it was later divided.
Sharswood Foundation
Help Our Cause. Your generous donation will help fund our mission. Please Click the Donate button or make your check payable to: Sharswood Foundation. 5685 Riceville Rd. Gretna VA 24557. Donations to the Sharswood Foundation are. tax-deductible. Sharswood Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit--IRS EIN #88-2598753. Click to Donate through paypal.
Plantations
Plantations. Garden Club restoration projects at sites that generally include historic plantation homes and adjacent acreage and are most ofter open for public visitation. Gunston Hall. Monticello. Scotchtown. Smith's Fort Plantation. Stratford Hall. Woodlawn Plantation. This category includes historic plantation homes and adjacent acreage.
List of plantations in Virginia
Point of Fork Plantation: Columbia, Virginia: Fluvanna: 83003293 Queen Hith Plantation Complex Site: Newport News: Independent city: 77001535 Richneck Plantation: Newport News: Independent city: 71000988 Rippon Lodge: ... History of slavery in Virginia; List of plantations in the United States;
Facing America's traumatic history head-on through tourism
Unlike most plantation tours that focus on the main house, the emphasis at the Whitney is the world outside of those walls. ... Slavery is not just plantations, slavery was everywhere. It was the ...
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Open Today - 8:30AM - 5:30PM. Outdoor. 45-minute tour. Included with admission. Slavery at Monticello Guided Tour. Watch on. These guided outdoor walking tours focus on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation. Included in the price of admission.
Explore four National Register properties along the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. Learn about the history and culture of the plantations, their owners and slaves, and the role of the county in American history.
Slavery and Tourism in Virginia. the trail to the James River landing where slaves were loaded on ships is now commemorated in Richmond Source: Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission, Slave Trail Map. Representing the heritage of slavery may be the toughest challenge at historical sites in Virginia. Civil War re-enactments were common ...
The state is dotted with the remnants of 18th and 19th century plantations, most of which host tours that explain plantation life, slavery, and the history of Virginia's blue bloods. Types
This is a virtual tour of one of twelve structures that once housed the enslaved population at Sharswood, a former 2,000-acre tobacco plantation in Pittsylvania County. The 1860 census lists fifty-eight people who were held on the plantation in bondage, twenty-three of whom were children under the age of twelve. (Those above twelve were considered adults.) This sixteen-by-thirty-two-foot ...
Spring - Fall: Daily, 9:05 a.m. Winter: Fri - Sun, 10:35 a.m. This 2.5 hour, small-group, guided, interactive tour has a specific focus on slavery at Monticello and its legacies. The tour begins on the mountaintop, with an exploration of the first floor of the house, surrounding grounds, and Mulberry Row through the perspectives of enslaved ...
To this day, the 11th generation continues to own, operate, and work this grand southern plantation. Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. Enslaved labor played a very important role at Shirley Plantation and slaves were essential to the plantation system.
Shirley Plantation Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. ... Self-guided grounds-only admission includes exhibits inside the Ice House and the Storehouse, the slavery exhibit located in the Kitchen Building, our Nature Walk Field Guide and Grounds Map, and the walking audio tour. ... Help keep Virginia clean and green - use our ...
Belle Grove is located in the northern Shenandoah Valley near Middletown, Virginia. It was the home Major Isaac Hite and his wife Nelly Madison Hite, sister of President James Madison. Major Hite, grandson of Shenandoah Valley Pioneer Jost Hite, used enslaved labor to expand his original 483 acres to a prosperous 7500 acre plantation, growing ...
THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND LEGACIES OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. Whitney Plantation (legal name The Whitney Institute) is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of the Whitney Plantation, which operated from 1752-1975 and produced indigo, sugar, and rice as its principal cash crops. The museum ...
Plantation tours bypass the 'big house' to focus on the enslaved. These cramped slave quarters are part of the 37-acre McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina. The site's ...
18 Niagara Falls, USA. 19 Everglades City. 20 St. Augustine, Florida. Learn about the history of slavery Williamsburg on this guided walking tour. Hear about what is and is not slavery, debunk myths associated with it, and explore its impacts on modern society.
Explore 360° virtual tours of nineteen slave dwellings across Virginia, using Google Street View technology. Learn about the history and legacy of slavery in Virginia through this online project by Encyclopedia Virginia and Saving Slave Houses.
The Manor House. Located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Belle Grove offers guests inspiring tours of the region's premier authentic antebellum plantation. Belle Grove's expert volunteer docents and staff lead guided tours of the 1797 Manor House. C lick here for updated hours on Manor House Tours.
Some visitors warn online that Whitney is a "slavery tour" rather than a real "plantation tour," said Joy Banner, the site's marketing director. "Honestly, 'plantation' and ...
The Pulaski County Courthouse features the local history of Black people, developed by Lucy Harmon, wife of Chauncy, an early civil rights advocate in the 1950s. When you stop in Bristol, be sure to tour the Nyumba Ya Tausi-Peacock Museum, home to African artifacts and local Black memorabilia, slave items and more.
That was the case at Oatlands Historic House and Gardens in Leesburg, Virginia, where tours highlighted the plantation's slave owners and neglected to mention the Black people who labored there.
This is a virtual tour of a slave dwelling at Prestwould plantation, on the north side of the Roanoke River, near Clarksville in Mecklenburg County. The cabin was erected in two phases in 1790 and 1829. Sir Peyton Skipwith built the main plantation house and moved his family there in in 1797. Prestwould is considered the best-documented ...
Behind the Scenes Tour Tour the first floor of Monticello and then go behind the scenes to explore the family and guest rooms upstairs, as well as the iconic Dome Room. From Slavery to Freedom Tour This 2.5 hour, guided, small-group, interactive tour explores Monticello through the perspectives of enslaved people who labored on the plantation.
Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the New World. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation's history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Britain in 1776.
In 1759, William Preston purchased sixteen enslaved Africans brought to Maryland aboard the True Blue, an English slave ship. Over the next century, the Prestons enslaved more than 200 individuals and used their labor to establish and operate Smithfield, the family's Virginia seat, and the plantations into which it was later divided.
Help Our Cause. Your generous donation will help fund our mission. Please Click the Donate button or make your check payable to: Sharswood Foundation. 5685 Riceville Rd. Gretna VA 24557. Donations to the Sharswood Foundation are. tax-deductible. Sharswood Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit--IRS EIN #88-2598753. Click to Donate through paypal.
Plantations. Garden Club restoration projects at sites that generally include historic plantation homes and adjacent acreage and are most ofter open for public visitation. Gunston Hall. Monticello. Scotchtown. Smith's Fort Plantation. Stratford Hall. Woodlawn Plantation. This category includes historic plantation homes and adjacent acreage.
Point of Fork Plantation: Columbia, Virginia: Fluvanna: 83003293 Queen Hith Plantation Complex Site: Newport News: Independent city: 77001535 Richneck Plantation: Newport News: Independent city: 71000988 Rippon Lodge: ... History of slavery in Virginia; List of plantations in the United States;
Unlike most plantation tours that focus on the main house, the emphasis at the Whitney is the world outside of those walls. ... Slavery is not just plantations, slavery was everywhere. It was the ...