On Saturday, July 8th, we toured the Kingsley Plantation.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many people came to Florida. Some, like Zephaniah Kingsley, sought to make their fortunes by obtaining land and establishing plantations. Others were forced to come to Florida to work on those plantations, their labor providing wealth to the people who owned them. Some of the enslaved would later become free landowners, struggling to keep their footing in a dangerous time of shifting alliances and politics. All of these people played a part in the history of Kingsley Plantation.
It is a part of the National Park Service but has free admission.
They do have a Junior Ranger program which is cool. :)
Anna, who became one of the wives of the plantation owner, was sold into slavery at the age of 13.
What a pretty view.
This is the oldest standing plantation house in Florida.
Built in 1798.
Little crabs.
The remaining slave cabins.
My new Collector's Edition Passport book for all things national.
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