Kingsley Plantation

Another history packed excursion in northern Florida was our afternoon at the Kingsley Plantation. This was the site of a cotton and indigo plantation as well as a resort for the middle class Victorian over the years.

Slaves' quarters ruins. The small huts were constructed from a mixture of crushed and boiled oyster shells, sand, and water. Between this half circle of dwellings and the modest plantation house were once the plantation's fields. To this farm country girl, the field space looked more the size of a hobby farm. This once fielded land is now a restful lawn of palms.

The fiber lover in me was delighted by the cotton displays.