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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: May 10, 2009
Caption: Hamilton Plantation : The 2 Slave cabins as mentioned on Marker
Additional Description: see nearby marker Cassina Garden Club Houses
Among the better surviving slave cabins in the South, they are made of tabby, a cement consisting of lime, water, and crushed oyster shells. The cabins have built-in windows and a central chimney. James Hamilton Couper, namesake of the owner and manager of the plantation, was an architect and a builder. He designed and built the cabins to house the slaves who served in the plantation's main house.
Submitted: May 17, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p63710
File Size: 0.312 Megabytes

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