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Prospect Hill Plantation Mississippi. He was known for seeing to. 4,792 likes · 12 talking about this · 60 were here. For more information, visit the plantation’s facebook page or the archaeological conservancy website. By alan huffman in red lick, mississippi, thursday 16 november 2017 06.00 est “the gathering at prospect hill plantation that day could have been a casting call for a period drama set before the american civil war.
Ross migrated from south carolina and brought hundreds of. Prospect hill’s history at the nexus of slavery and freedom, revolt and retribution, mississippi and west africa, qualifies. The saga of the slaves of prospect hill plantation. The site encompasses several archaeological features on over 23 acres. By alan huffman in red lick, mississippi, thursday 16 november 2017 06.00 est “the gathering at prospect hill plantation that day could have been a casting call for a period drama set before the american civil war. Want to learn more about prospect hill and its history?
In 2007, ross came across the book by mississippi author alan huffman — “mississippi in africa:
For the past several years preservationists have watched in alarm at the slow deterioration of this historic home and adjoining family cemetery. Extremely wealthy, ross had over two hundred slaves with whom he operated a successful cotton plantation. Ross knew slavery wouldn’t last, and had heard about the. A place to inform the public about the archaeological conservancy�s prospect hill preserve & promote. Research sponsored by the chickasaw nation identified reused timbers in a ca. The story of prospect hill is a tale of wealth, prosperity, tragedy, sorrow, grief, greed, revenge and murder spanning more than 200 years and two continents.