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Photographer: Sandra Hughes
Taken: September 25, 2010
Caption: Cotton Gin
Additional Description: No pictures exist of the cotton gin Jackson built in 1807, and it is likely that his gin and press went through two or three different versions. This print shows a typical press for baling cotton and a gin house where cottonseeds were removed and processed cotton stored.

With its gleaming white façade and ornamented landscape, the front of the mansion blocked visitor’s view of the backyard and fields where the entire economy of the plantation rested on the backs of those Jackson held in bondage. Letters, photographs, and archaeology suggest that, in addition to the buildings still standing, these work areas, buildings, storage facilities, and structures may also have been on the farm.

Slave Cabins•Horse Paddocks•Carriage House•Laundry•Blacksmith Shop•Icehouse•Bathhouse•Cotton Gin•Distillery•Spinning and Weaving Shop•Overseer’s House•Brick Kiln•Poultry Houses•Horse Training Areas•Corncribs•Animal Pens•Stable•Carpenter Shop•Woodpiles•Barn•Cotton Press
Submitted: February 9, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.
Database Locator Identification Number: p192126
File Size: 0.215 Megabytes

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