In early 1750's the newly constructed home seat was referenced in south Carolina Gazette as nothing less than a "Palace and Gardens" over the last 40 years it was researched and conducted by a multitude of scholars now Drayton's Palace as the first fully executed example of palladian architecture in North America, Drayton was one of the most significant elite plantations assembled in colonial America and its rare survival makes the estate an icon of American History, Design, and historic preservation. Throughout his lifetime, he owned upwards of 100 different plantations totaling approximately 76,000 acres across South Carolina and Georgia where scores of enslaved Africans, Native Americans and their descendants grew rice and indigo for exportation to Europe and reared cattle and pigs for shipment to the Caribbean sugar islands. The legacy of this slave society survives today in the form of Drayton’s home, its landscape, and surviving collections.
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Historic Preservation, Architecture, Archaology, Historic landscape, Drayton Hall Collections, Ashley River Region, Shop, Professional Guided House Tour, Connections From Africa to America, The African American Cemetery, The African American Memorial, Grounds and Nature walks, Adult Group Tours, Private Event at Drayton Hall,
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