We used the book above to plan our road trip. One of the suggestions in it was to visit the Kingsley Plantation - so we did. As you may have seen from my previous post - to get to it you can go on a car ferry or drive round.
The plantation is part of the Timucuan preserve - the link below tells you all about it. It's part of the National Park Service so you know it's going to be well cared for and presented.
https://www.nps.gov/timu/planyourvisit/brochures.htm
Coming from Liverpool - a city built on the slave trade and home to the International Slavery Museum http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/- it was fascinating to see history of the plantation and to put all the pieces together.
We felt the site was well organised and presented the information in a respectful, honest way. This was never going to be a "fun" activity but it was interesting and also surprisingly peaceful and calm. There was plenty to see and I got chatting (of course) to one of the rangers about the gardens and the plants around.
I took some panoramic photos of the house, grounds and slave quarters.
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