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- In 1997, the National Park Service acquired the main buildings and surrounding land of Oakland Plantation for the park. The NPS has reached advanced stages in the preservation and conservation of the many outbuildings, and of the plantation house.
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Jan 7, 2024 · The plantation survived the Civil War, Reconstruction, boll weevils, and the Great Depression. Increasingly machines replaced the need for draft animals and farm workers; what began in the 1930s accelerated after World War II bringing the end of the plantation era.
Oct 4, 2023 · On Saturday, October 21, the past will come to life at Oakland. Plantations resembled small towns and were mainly self-sufficient, in that most of the food, clothing, and goods needed were produced and manufactured on the plantation.
May 30, 2024 · May 30, 2024. The Upstate Preservation Trust plans to restore the Oakland Plantation House near Simpsonville. Provided. SIMPSONVILLE — Greenville County has officially taken ownership of a...
Jul 29, 2022 · Oakland Plantation was a thriving agricultural community for nearly 200 years. The workforce was originally comprised of enslaved laborers. Following emancipation, sharecroppers and tenant farmers worked the fields.
Founded as a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved Black people for White owners, it is one of the nation's best and most intact examples of a French Creole cotton plantation complex. The Oakland Plantation is now owned by the National Park Service as part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
On larger plantations, such as Magnolia and Oakland, a plantation store was opened to sell goods to the sharecroppers. A hardship faced by many sharecroppers across the South was the cycle of poverty created through the constant flow of debt and repayment owed to the plantation store.
The National Park service bought two area plantations (Oakland and Magnolia). Each was owned by its resident family for over 200 years and was mostly intact with its ancillary buildings in addition to its main house. This heritage and available complex turns out to be unusual. We spent about 2 hours enjoying Oakland and highly recommend it.
