Historic Houses of Georgia: The Antebellum Years | GPB Documentaries

[@kayjones6147]

I am a native Maconite of almost 90 years now. The Hay House last owner (before The Georgia Trust) Mr. P. L. Hay's grandson and I went to grammar school together in the 1940s. When in the 7th grade while our class learned about the different tyoes of architecture, Mr. Hay, Sr., invited our class to visit his beautiful home that was one of the many beautiful Macon homes featured in our classwork. Macon, fortunately, escaped damages during the Civil War thus it has an abundance of century old homes.

[@marywilliams426]

I was raised in Augusta, Ga and live in Roswell, Ga. I’ve toured Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall, and Archibald Plantation a few times. Historic homes have always been interesting to me.

[@PatriciaAShelton-no6cq]

I live in Morgan County Georgia. Lived in an apartment in Madison after I married. There are many grand mansions in Madison,one of the last on Main Street is just about finished bring renovated. True these homes stand the test of times. I am seventy years young. This home hasn't been lived in for 70 or more years. It was sad to see it in ruins as I would be driving into town. But now you can see it's grandeur as it's being restored to it's original beauty. Spring time is a beautiful time to visit as the sidewalks are lined with dogwoods,crepe myrtles, azaleas in bloom in every yard.

[@jayr.617]

I have lived in Georgia for 40+ years and still have not mastered the lovely southern accent like the ladies who gave interviews in this video. 😊

[@bestlifeever4548]

I am here in GA, too, and my family has been in NC/GA since the beginning. Come hang around us and sure you will. The more we have around, the more southern it gets, lol. Bless my husband's heart, and he and his family have always been here, too, and there is somethings I hear him say that still makes me laugh. We both raised with grandparents and great grandparents, and so we think and speak like little old people, others say though we aren't that old. We both spent life going to the beautiful homes and I grew up going to catilion and luncheons and miss the socializing and just going to visit or people coming over like we did but that ended around late 90s.

[@PreacherLevi]

@@bestlifeever4548 I'm from Savannah no one here has the tidewater accent anymore. Me and my mother that's about it as family goes , it's slowly fading.

[@kimberlyelliott7933]

😳

[@KarenWimberley]

Thank you! I thoroughly enjoyed learning of these beautiful and gracious homes.

[@GPB]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching

[@bjach8957]

I’ve re-watched it many times, each time enjoying it immensely 👍

[@GPB]

Glad you enjoy it! Thank you for watching GPB

[@onestarabove7027]

This was well done! Thanks so much! I’ve been watching several Civil War movies and it’s nice to know some truly beautiful homes remain. I especially appreciate the fact that you recognized the wonderful craftsmanship of the African Americans who built these homes. (notwithstanding the terrible abomination of slavery) I also believe that European artisans were also employed in the ornate plastering and other features. Being from Athens, I found this so interesting.

[@colleenkerr4152]

Very beautiful, but very stressful in that these were times when there were SO many constraints and prejudices. Thank you for showing me this. It has made think forward.

[@dtaylor939]

What a lovely, lovely show.

[@GPB]

Thank you so much!

[@debrastanford8761]

WONDER WHY THE BEAUTY HERE ISN T USED ANYMORE?PROPER BUILDERS WOULD SEEM TO BE A WISE WAY TO GO....THEY ARE STILL STANDING!!!!❤

[@MallikaHerath-p2s]

Great video.I love Georgia.One day wants to movie there.Thank you so much.

[@williamshelton4150]

Such a wonderful video. Thank you for posting it.

[@SugarWildflower-si4ox]

How did so many survive The march to the sea? What are those stories?

[@Gold_gyrl]

Beautiful!!!!!!

[@KathrynRucker]

Such a lovely place 💕

[@MrMilwaukee]

Georgia is one of the most beautiful and welcoming states in the United States. I’d live there if they didn’t have so many snakes 🐍

[@369blueneptune]

That's no way to talk about folks. 😅😉

[@sallymayhill]

Loved it. Thank you! The music was sometimes very distracting. 😊

[@redlady222]

I’ve done the Antebellum house tours in GA. The woman’s group that runs them are known by the locals as ‘The Hoopskirt Mafia’ 😂

[@marycoffey2449]

Only a true southernor can bring back the grand wealth of this country. The South has brought a lifestyle that cannot be changed. Wealth can be brought back too the true blood of the land.

[@maryh9569]

Yes , The Next time this happens the Black People will own , Not be enslaved, doing the work, this Will Never happen again, to us ,

[@aklouslibby563]

o for sure that is a grand house, but sadly I don't think I will ever be able to afford one like that one, but one can dream, Co TIPPERARY IRELAND 🇮🇪 ☘

[@kathernhodson6037]

Well done.

[@SugarWildflower-si4ox]

Savanna went to meet the union soldiers with Sherman and welcomed them..they were not destroyed ...the confederates army left the town when they saw the union coming..

[@WhenSpiritSpeaks]

Incorrect, Louisville was not the first capital of Georgia. Savannah was. Then Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville and finally Atlanta.

[@donnarogers7732]

I believe St.Marys ,GA is listed and hails as the Second oldest town in GA behind St.Auhudtine,FLA which is just across the St.Marys River. It is presently the Cumberland Island Ferry Departure point. St Marys is also home to Orange Hall Plantation and the Oldest Presbyterian Church in GA and possibly in America. The Union Army was Headquartered in St.Marys on Sherman's March to Savannah. It was spare the Demon Yankee Generals torch along with The Hoffeyl Plantation on Hwy 17 N. This plantation was also spared the torches of Northern Agression because of the Swampy distance between the Army's Murderous Route to Savannah and the plantations location deep in the tangled Forrest. It was deemed not worth the trouble to cross into the bramble and Swamp. So on went The Drunken General up the Golden Isles of GA. To Savannah and Charleston ,SC. Iny town of Rual SC ,Ehrhardt is last remaining earth embattlements of the Battle of Brocton Bridge ,reenacted every February on the anniversary of that Battle. It is said 700 of the Blue Belly matched down What is now the main Street of our small town to the battlegrounds where our brave Rebels had "dug in" for the fight. This Hamlet had not the name of Ehrhardt till 1885 when a German Merchant founded this town . Only one beautiful mansion remains but many homes built after the turn of the century remain. Mine being one built in 1907. Many homes of the era still stand and house original descendants of founding settlers of the Lutheran Faith. My main point in commenting to enlighten about St.Marys,GA, (which was settled shortly after the Spanish founded St.Augustine on the FLorida coast) with also a cemetery that holds the Graves of the victims of the Late 1700s Yellow Fever Epidemic,as well as many Civil War soldiers of both The Grey & The Blue who died at Orange Hall being used as a hospital for the wounded only a short distance up the hill from the plantation. Georgia hasany more Wonderful antebellum Plantations and Era Houses still standing rather than Savannah and Augusta. Outside of St Marys ,GA is Kings Bay Nuclear Submarine Base visited several times by Georgia's Honored Former President Jimmy Carter. President Carter was a Nuclear Engineer during his Naval Career. Visit Georgia's rich history along its coastal region from St.Marys/ Kings Bay,GA, all the way to The border of Beaufort ,SC, home of Parris Island Marine Corps Training Grounds. Many a Marine left Parris Island for Europe to fight for the freedom of Europe in WWII and returned to live a good life along the Southern Coast of GA and SC. Thanks for reading . I love Georgia! A very Diverse State,from the End of the Appalachian Mountains to the Golden Isles of the Atlantic Ocean.

[@marilyn6556]

You have a very interesting take on the Civil War. Basically, the south started it, and the north finished it. I am happy that these homes remain for all to see.

[@flixkat]

Wow, these videos remind me of how beautiful Germany was before 1945.

[@marvelouspetronela]

Do you know what was prettier? Poland before 1939 with capitol Warsaw- The Paris of The East.

[@369blueneptune]

​@marvelouspetronela Exactly right!

[@janicethulin2749]

I was born in Augusta GA.

[@davidseabrook9808]

It is amazing to me how these videos always focus on the story of how well the slave owners lived! However, many historians today advocate for calling these places “labor camps” or “slave labor camps” or "forced labor camps" rather than “plantations,” in order to avoid hiding the truth of what really happened in these agricultural operations using forced labor. The story is not told about how the plantation owners became so wealthy and able to build these homes nor how the enslaved people were whipped, raped, and treated as livestock.

[@maryanncanter3655]

Savannah had to pay a huge ransom to Sherman. That’s what saved the city from burning.

[@cynthiachronister4082]

Interesting how most of the owners were political or military not just cotton plantation owners

[@WilmaBob]

Yep land taken from the original inhabitants

[@janejones8672]

Sherman promised not to destroy Savannah if the Confederate Army would just surrender to the UNION Army. The surrender of Savannah occurred in late 1864. Then the Union Army marched on to South Carolina

[@bridgetdouglas978]

Owner of the plantation. Queen Mary of England of the world.

[@alexandrevonbayern8806]

Stars and bars forever ⭐❌

[@Antonia.h896]

I wonder if they have actually ever read diaries from the slaves back in that day. It paints a very different picture from the one she is casting.

[@jayjoy331]

Well, of course slaves would have had a different experience.. I would say the mass majority of people didn't come close to having as much wealth and privilege as the few who lived in these beautiful homes. And slaves obviously had it more difficult than anybody else. They were slaves.

[@UppityOne]

@@Antonia.h896 Do you have the titles of book about the enslaved in Georgia? I would definitely read them.

[@janellmahood7166]

That woman just said these buildings are a tribute to the workers and craftsman many of whom were slaves...a tribute, are you serious, im sure the slaves that build plantations, etc. felt very appreciated as they worked from dawn to dusk then slept on floors of slave quarters while there owners lived in such gluttonous luxury! That statement was about the most insane thing ive heard in these videos, making the time of slavery seem like it was good and not atrocious!

[@Aloha60659]

Wer glaubt, Sklaven hätten solche Häuser gebaut hat noch nichts von der Geschichte verstanden, denn die alten schönen Häuser und Städte sind viel älter oder wir Menschen sind deutlich jünger, als man uns erzählt hat. Es gab die Zeit, die TARTARIA genannt wird und die Schlammflut ( RESET ). Es ist sehr unqualifiziert, zu behaupten, die Menschen, die damals nur Pferde und Kutschen hatten, hätten ganze Städte und Kathedralen erbaut.. Diese Gebäude, wie auch die Kathedralen, Burgen, Schlösser stammen aus einer Zeit , als noch kein Europäer seinen Fuß auf Amerikanischen Boden gesetzt hatte. ( Thema TARTARIA : Kanal von JOHN LEVI zum Beispiel. ) Öffnen Sie ihre Augen und sehen Sie die WAHRHEIT über die alte Welt.

[@FakeMailElection]

Yes some slaves were mistreated and other slaves were part of the family. To paint history as one sided black and white is incorrect and small minded. You are full of hate, that's the problem.

[@soccermom1245]

At 38:41 80 feet ABOVE THE HOUSE!!! HA!! should be above the GROUND

[@breezeyparker]

I would love to see it from the slave’s perspective.

[@FakeMailElection]

They have videos for that, not every video can obsess over slavery.

[@tonisargent4695]

haunted some of these homes

[@melissasalasblair5273]

🌓Beeautiful 22:20 🦚💙🕊🫒⏳ 35:37 lol

[@SugoiEnglish1]

Weren't slaves murdered on these lands?

[@frankgordon8829]

Good GOD! By the time I watched 7 min. of this I get a reinforcement of the poor slaves who built everything, were treated like shit, not paid, but made-up great songs. This sounds more like liberal propaganda & White guilt instead of showcasing Georgis homes.

[@FakeMailElection]

lol they created western music, that's almost funnier than flying egyptians and king james.

[@RockSolidPro]

Why America treat us so bad 😢is beyond me!!! My ancestors did all this back breaking work for free and we still have nothing. These are crimes!!!

[@CountessKitten]

Please. Stop. Now

[@FakeMailElection]

You have citizenship and I demand an apology for disrespecting the sacrifice my ancestors made to create a country for your sorry ass to run your mouth in.

[@kathleenturney4240]

Look at the wealth Black people produce to those who didn't have to pay them nor pay taxes!

[@FakeMailElection]

How about you renounce your citizenship if you truly didn't get anything out of the deal.

[@dtaylor939]

Grow up Kathy

[@missmarage1]

Facts they want us to forget. 🙄

[@FakeMailElection]

No offense, but if we're talking about demographics, I believe Whites and Asians are the only groups who contribute more to welfare than they take according to yearly statistics. Sorry, but facts matter.

[@parrotjunglecolada8270]

Those fine building were not built by slaves, that’s a lie, they might have helped lay brick or do foundation work but actual craftsmanship, no

[@tracieparker9169]

You’re incorrect. There were many slaves that were purchased specifically for their artisan skills and they were apprenticed to sell for their craftsmanship. The White House and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello are examples.

[@Thecharmedonee]

You’re wrong I live near a plantation here in middle ga and then ricks were hand made by slaves actually the entire house

[@Cheryl-dy5ug]

Yes, exactly the slaves did the manuel work but the artisans,many from Europe,were brought in for the rest, although they may have used some slaves to help with some of the manuel finishings

[@willrock8369]

Well liberals love lying so 🤷‍♂️

[@Denise-dv3ps]

So the answer to that is sometimes they did sometimes they didnt

[@jackieraulerson2005]

Built on the backs of slaves.

[@FakeMailElection]

Slaves get way more credit than is due. They helped some, but whites still did way more, including fight the Revolution while blacks fought on the side of England by the way.

[@mariocisneros911]

I just see houses for rich slaveholders. Rich people who preached themselves as superior to others, especially non whites

[@sadlemayfriedman5564]

THAT'S ANOTHER LIE

[@RobertLoyed]

Well there's a lot of Miss in reality when it comes to the Old South. There is a lot of preachers of hate about the Old South which are simply untrue. Most antebellum homes were reconstructed Federal homes that were turned into look like Greek architecture. A lot of these properties of course we're not done by a slaves but done by real architects. Other deep-seated laws about the south is about how slaves hated their masters and were so abused. Of course this narration always comes from certain racist black people that like to screw the South and to all these homes in the South as being a hatred place. No one can argue even with plantations at the safe zones were very close to if not in walking distance from the Masters home. The level of trust between the slaves and the Masters in the South was evident not only from slaves even after the civil war wanting to stay on with their masters but taking on their names of course to show honor and respect for the families that they worked for. as a testament these old plantation homes show that it would have been so easy for someone to let a fire to all of these homes but they survived today showing the gratitude and thankfulness of the people that not only work there but also had to manage these homes. This bothers some people because they don't want to look at these homes as anything more than a place of hate and torture but the reality was it was actually a very good place. 😮