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Hampton Plantation State Historic Site McClellanville, South Carolina
The National Historic Landmark interprets rice cultivation and slavery, the lives of freed people after emancipation, and the contrast between the mansion and the plantation’s work spaces.
The Story of Hampton Plantation State Historic Site McClellanville, South Carolina
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site lies beside Wambaw Creek in the Santee Delta near McClellanville. Its Georgian-style mansion and former rice fields preserve a complex landscape shaped by rice cultivation, slavery and the generations of freed people who remained in the region after emancipation.
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site McClellanville, South Carolina in Context
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site lies beside Wambaw Creek in the Santee Delta near McClellanville. Its Georgian-style mansion and former rice fields preserve a complex landscape shaped by rice cultivation, slavery and the generations of freed people who remained in the region after emancipation.
What Makes It Special
A guided house tour and a walk through the grounds reveal both the architecture of a wealthy plantation and the human cost behind it. The remote live-oak setting also helps visitors understand why poet laureate Archibald Rutledge drew inspiration from this place.
Interesting Facts
The site interprets rice culture from the colonial period through the Civil War and beyond. The grounds include historic cemeteries and traces of former rice fields. The property borders Wambaw Creek, a tributary of the South Santee River.
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Explore our R&M Adventures photographs to see Hampton's mansion, live oaks, grounds and surviving pieces of the Santee Delta rice landscape.
The Story of Hampton Plantation State Historic Site McClellanville, South Carolina
Hampton Plantation preserves 274 acres in the southern Santee Delta, including a colonial-era mansion, former rice fields, pine woods, and Wambaw Creek.
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