VISITED MAGNOLIA PLANTATION

We visited Magnolia plantation which was begun in 1676.  SC before the Civil War was the top rice producer in North America and the owners of this plantation became fabulously wealthy using slave labor.  In the summer when the malarial mosquitos came out they retreated from their plantations leaving the slaves to deal with that plus alligators and numerous kinds of poisonous snakes.  The lives of slaves is barely mentioned--but wouldn't it have been nice to be the rich plantation owner is the message.

Beautiful natural gardens there today with Spanish moss, magnolias, camillas (sp), etc
~Vicki