The Cultural Landscape of the Plantation

THE PLANTATION LANDSCAPE Notes

Green Hill plantation, Campbell County,
Virginia, as seen from the fields
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher,1960
Historic American Buildings
Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division
(1.1a,1.1b,2.1a,2.1b)

Milford, Sumter County, South Carolina
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey
Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (3.1)

Aerial view of Uncle Sam plantation, St.
James Parish, Louisiana
Reproduction of a drawing
by Joseph P. Marlow,1940
Historic American Buildings Survey
Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (3.2)

Map showing slaves as a percent of the
total population in 1860
Reproduced from Sam Bowers Hilliard,
Atlas of Antebellum Southern Agriculture,
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1984
Geography and Map Division(3.3)

William Henry Towns, former slave from
Colbert County, Alabama
Photograph possibly by Levis D. Shelby, Jr., ca.1938
Ex-slave Narrative Collection
Manuscript Division (3.4)

Shad Hall, former slave on Sapelo Island, Georgia
Photograph by Muriel and Malcolm Bell, ca. 1939
Collection of Muriel and Malcolm Bell (4.1a,4.1b)

Plantation bell at Thornhill plantation,
Greene County, Alabama
Photograph by Alex Bush,1934
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (5.1a,5.lb)

View of Green Hill plantation outbuildings
as seen from the main house, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.1)

Map of Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Reproduction of a drawing by Orville W. Carroll,1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.2)

Office at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.3)

Slave quarter at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher,1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.4)

Kitchen at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher,1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.5)

Laundry at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.6)

Log Barn at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.7)

Duck House at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher,1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.8)

Tobacco Barn at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.9)

Granary at Green Hill, Campbell County, Virginia
Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, 1960
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (6.10)

Slave quarter at Sotterly plantation, St. Mary's County, Maryland
Photograph by H. Bevile,1953
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.1)

Slave quarter at The Forks of Cypress plantation,
Lauderdale County, Alabama Photograph by Alex Bush, 1935
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.2)

Slave Quarter at the E. Sterling Robertson, Jr. ranch
Bell County, Texas
Photograph by Arthur W. Stewart,1936
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.3)

Plan of slave quarter at the E Sterling Robertson, Jr. Ranch,
Bell County, Texas
Reproduction of a plan drawn by Mark E. Adams,1936
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.4)

Outbuildings at Dan's Hill plantation,
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Photograph by W.R. Crowe,1934
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.5)

Dovecote at Bermuda plantation,
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Photograph by Lester Jones, 1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.6)

Chicken house at Blakely plantation,
Warren County, Mississippi
Photograph by Lester Jones, 1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.7)

Outbuildings at Rosemount plantation,
Greene County, Alabama
Photograph by Alex Bush, 1934
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (7.8)

Ben Horry, former slave on Brookgreen
plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Photograph possibly by Genevieve W. Chandler, ca.1938
Ex-slave Narrative Collection
Manuscript Division (8.1)

Commissary at Middleburg plantation,
Berkeley County, South Carolina
Photograph by C.O. Greene,1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8.2)

Barn at Belmont plantation
Colbert County, Alabama
Photograph by Alex Bush, 1936
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8.3)

Barn at Bremo plantation,
Fluvanna County. Virginia
Photograph by C.O. Greene,1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8.4)

Barn at the Homeplace plantation,
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Photograph by Lester Jones,1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8.5)

Stable at Hikes Place, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Photograph by Lester Jones, 1940
Historic American Buildings Survey Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (8.6)

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