GEORGETOWN

• By: Tadaysia nelson

TIME-LINE

• 1801 Mary Man Taylor died
• With mansfield plantation going
• To her son John Man Taylor

TIME-LINE

• 1867 Dr.Parker struggled after
• The civil war and died in this year
• Upon his death,Mansfield fell into
• The hands of his wife Mary Taylor Parker

TIME-LINE

• Green passed away and
• The 500 acres fell into his
• Estate

OWNERS

• John Rutledge and Sallie
• Middleton Parker

SLAVE COUNT

• Number of slaves- 125 circa
• 1806( 99 in 1849)

PICTURE

PICTURE

CROP

• Crop grown on the plantation
• Was rice and that was the olny
• One

VISIT

• You can visit goergetown
• Plantation

Slave life:
The geography of the southern colonies featured fertile soil,hilly,coastal plains,forests,river and swamp areas

Climate: Mild winters and hot,humid,summers made it possible to grow crops through out the year

The southern colonies concentrated on developing plantations that eventually grew cotton,tobacco,rice,sugar cane and indigo( a purple die)

Dirt walled called "banks"

Ditches and gates had to be built to move fresh water

Acres of rice fields (5,000 feet of ditches)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Www.plantations.com
• Www.SouthCarolinaPlantation.com
• Www.georgetownhistory.com
• Www.slavecount(georgetown).com
• Www.mansfieldplantation.com