Slave Cabin
N 31° 09.555 W 081° 23.310
17R E 462973 N 3447316
Once a slave plantation cabin, it became a homestead outhouse.
Waymark Code: WM6R1X
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
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This tabby slave cabin of Retreat Plantation now the Sea Island Golf Course, was one of eight cabins that stood in this area, known as New Field. The slaves who lived here tilled the Sea Island cotton fields nearby.
Each of these cabins was 48 x 18 ft with a partition and a chimney in the center and were shaded by beatuiful live oak trees.
Retreat Plantation, originally the property of the Spalding family, was sold to Major William Page whose daughter, Anna Matilda Page, married Hon. Thomas Butler King, MC.
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: 63-7
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Comission
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