History of Kingsley Plantation

A Spanish Antebellum Plantation

During Florida’s plantation period (1763-1865), Fort George Island was owned by many planters. The site name comes from one of those families. Anna and Zephaniah Kingsley lived here from 1814 to 1837.

 

History of Kingsley Plantation

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  The Birth of Plantation Archaeology

  Archaeology at Kingsley Plantation

  Dig just outside of the tabby cabins at Kingsley Plantation.

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  One Family Story

  Kingsley Family and Descendants

  Freedom, enslavement, royalty, lineage, survival, the Kingsley family story is a web as complex as American history itself.

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  Explore the Stories of the Silenced

  Slave Community

  The enslaved community at Kingsley Plantation was a large group of people with many stories to tell, here are just a few.

 

Links to Learn More

Kingsley Family and Society

Slave Community

Crops of Kingsley Plantation

Sea Island Cotton

Tabby

Archaeology

Post-Plantation History

Chronology of Fort George Island

Florida History Online (Timucuan Preserve)

External (non-NPS) Websites Related to Kingsley Plantation:

UNF, UF Students Dig Through Dirt for Clues to History

Great Fort George Isle - this website is part of "Florida History Online" and describes the British plantation era on Fort George Island.