Magnolia Plantation History Slaves. With regards to the structures on the magnolia plantation, there are still an estimated 21 different structures. The crew looks for evidence of voodoo rituals slaves may have used to seek revenge on the owners.
Both families lived at magnolia for 40 or so years until william sold his shares of magnolia and built woodland. Plantation owners divided the tedious process between their expert men and women, west african slaves, with men doing the dangerous work of clearing swamp lands, and women sowing the rice. Magnolia plantation (sometimes titled magnolia lane plantation) is the fourth episode of season 2 of ghost adventures.
The home was burned down by federal troops in 1864 and not rebuilt until the 1890’s.
The crew looks for evidence of voodoo rituals slaves may have used to seek revenge on the owners. The 70 acre site dates back to the 1670s, when charleston settlers thomas and ann drayton built a plantation home complete with a formal garden on the northwestern outskirts of charles town.magnolia started out as a rice plantation, a booming crop in the lowcountry, with slaves that created their own creolized gullah language and culture that. Since that time, the plantation and gardens have evolved and grown into one of the greatest public gardens in america with a rich history. Established in 1676 by the drayton family, black slaves were forced to till the land for rice production.