We define a plantation as a large farm on which most of the work was done by slaves. Thus all the plantations we catalog were established before the Civil War.

We encourage you to contribute to this website by sending facts, photographs, citations for print resources, and web links to plantations@sciway.net. We especially appreciate corrections, no matter how minor.

South-Carolina-Plantations.com exists because of the curiosity, energy, and persistence of one delightful lady – Ms. Johnie Rivers of Charleston. Johnie has worked as a volunteer for the South Carolina Historical Society for many years. In the late 1990s she also started answering questions about SC history on SCIway.net, and she soon noticed that many of the questions concerned plantations. To avoid redoing research, Johnie began writing her answers on index cards – one card for each plantation. Those index cards have grown into this website.

South-Carolina-Plantations.com is published by SCIway.net, the largest directory of South Carolina information on the Internet. It is funded by our sister company, Hotel-Guides.us.

The masthead photo at the top of this page shows Middleton Place, as viewed from a boat on the Ashley River. It emphasizes the close connection between South Carolina's plantations and waterways.

The flowers that grace this website were photographed by Virginia Saunders of Columbia. To see more of Virginia's exquisite photographs, please visit her Flower Photography website, where you can order fine-art limited edition prints.

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