Boone Hall Plantation's Stunning Beauty and Dark Past

[@tinikafails1889]

Thank you to my Ancestors for all they did to make America beautiful even when Life wasn't good for them!! You're Welcome America!!! I look at this with pride and pain!!

[@nekiachambers5602]

😢 exactly 💯💯

[@Zewina-b5v]

Indeed ! And stupid people want to remove statues, history, so the story / facts /troubles/ heartache are not shown! Like it did not exist. SMH. Disgrace of human kind! Show the WORLD. Like Jews and Holocaust this brutality did occur . We evolved!!! Least some of us and give reverence to our ancestors by being correct and equals.

[@Ryanp69]

lol imagine how the natives felt being removed. I will say these slave quarters are nice as hell compared to some others I’ve seen

[@tinikafails1889]

@@Ryanp69 You really said "nice" and slave quarters in the same sentence??? 🤨 And the native's beef isn't with any of the enslaved...it's with the same white men that stole my ancestors and brought them here! They are to blame for it all!!

[@ArleneFerguson-h2o]

Although humans did much work, we need to thank the equine family for building this nation and the world. Humanity couldn't have accomplished so much without the horse.

[@TheTanya718]

Beautiful for some and horrible for others. 😢 Absolutely needs to be remembered. Thanks for sharing.

[@tracyhilts6021]

Yes! Horrible, and the fact that they have weddings where slaves were is terrible!

[@EarthAngel122]

Yes I cried during this whole time I watched the video. How dare them make it into a museum and have this terrible place in movies. 😢🥹

[@arrieformyduval2528]

I agree with your comment about keeping and showing history. People need to see the good, the bad and the ugly of history. Unfortunately many will never learn from this.

[@davidfence6939]

And others will try to drown people in history and shame them for it. It's sad.

[@Royaltyizme17]

No not really this was a past that they are not being honest about some of those blacks did not lay down and be submissive some actually killed and fought back but they not telling that so if history is going to sugar coat the truth like they did the bible they can keep that

[@LyfewithELo]

What was the good?

[@thegospelofthekingdom.]

White people still haven't accepted the fact that they were viewed as inhuman during the Old and New Testaments. The same people who throw our tragic 300 year history in our faces have still not accepted their tragic history that lasted thousands of years. Their history is the darkest and they know it.

[@Virgoluv1879]

I agree that people need to see every side of history. We don’t need to remove it or try to rewrite America’s past. It’s deceitful and inaccurate!

[@TropicalThunder21]

It’s so refreshing hearing someone say what you did “we need to preserve and keep history” it’s so important in learning from our mistakes, I have quite a few people in my family that are descendants of slaves. And they agree with this, I know one of my uncles who is black, played a big role in saving a plantation in Tennessee and preserving its slaves quarters

[@juliebogdanoff4013]

Yes, if we don't learn history of bad times, how can we fully learn from mistakes. Life has hard times for everyone and we must face them whether we like it or not. Life is not a bed of roses. Sad, but true. People today seem too insensitive to others when they are going through a difficult time, maybe, learning of past sad times, will soften people's hearts to be more caring and not selfish and heartless.

[@Mary_305]

My family and I visited back in 2015 . We were able to tour the lower level on the house . Also, the Slave homes was mind blowing. What our ancestors when through in live. Thanks for sharing

[@cherylstewart8611]

My husband and I just visited Boone Hall in September 2024. It’s a beautiful place with a lot of history. Just going into the slave cabins and touching the walls knowing that former enslaved ancestors touched the same walls. My 1st experience seeing actual slave cabins. Lets me know I come from strong people who endured a lot. And the Gullah Geeche experience onsite is a must do while visiting. Thank you for the video.

[@beverleymclean2131]

It's amazing how we glorify these places where so much pain and suffering took place. I don't see beauty I see a death camp.

[@MichaelMaccloud-l4l]

@@beverleymclean2131 more people die in the inner cities these days by a longshot

[@cawtindamiddle5312]

​@beverleymclean2131 I feel the same way. I've even seen new housing developments with plantation in the name like Plantation Ridge Apartments. Smh

[@MichaelMaccloud-l4l]

@ well maybe you should learn the definition of plantation.A plantation is a large agricultural property dedicated to planting a few crops on a large scale. If you dream of having 3,000 acres to raise cucumbers on, then you have dreams of a cucumber plantation. I can never get how grown adults can’t even comprehend English.

[@cawtindamiddle5312]

@MichaelMaccloud-l4l So? What does that have to do with housing developments? I can give a rats azz about your Merriam Webster dictionary definition. What happened to the plantations after slavery was abolished? Where are they today? I guess it means something different to your shallow mind. You have a right to your feelings based on your history and I see things based on my own

[@daniellejones8460]

I was there before they restored the mill. It looks beautiful. Driving down the driveway, I began to cry, and it felt so heavy.

[@cindy5391]

Yeah. I feel like too much glory is given to these places. People were abused and used on that land. Those are FAR from tiny homes. Those were places of imprisonment. Nothing less. Wealth by"owning" a human. For which reparations is owed. Just saying.

[@gymeni]

I honestly think that places like this have a natural bind to us African Americans. I often cry while touring them or, just like the OP, upon approaching them.

[@dasweetspot_her_me]

Idk why but that crib and church shack sent chills through me... Just to know, your family comes from a place like this. I wish I could say thank you to my great Grannies and aunties

[@blackcoffee2002]

You can! Just speak to them and they will hear. They are always hear us❤

[@carlawarren6350]

Makes me sad I can still feel their pain and anguish all these years later and wasn’t there 😢

[@rickeetacoakley]

My great grandmother grew up in the slave cabin closest to the gate.

[@bigchevs1]

This property was also a major part of the 1980's tv mini-series North and South. It was called Mont Royal.

[@jodysales2362]

I loved that series as a kid.

[@fergallawlor5829]

North & South was brilliant tv

[@PDoonan]

Thanks for the memory. I remember watching that one as well as Grey and Blue (I think it was called)

[@judypierce7028]

Right on! It is such a beautiful place.

[@sylviannecoquet4702]

Yes, I remember that series.

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

If those walls could talk. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MrSirlulzalot]

Good point!

[@alicegoodman4544]

And that 500 year old tree. Whoa

[@ihave35cents95]

@@alicegoodman4544 500-year-old trees are a diamond dozen in South Carolina

[@SuperMel81-j5l]

​@@alicegoodman4544Thats what I was about to say. The trees are older than the house.

[@tessagodsAsset3N21]

My GOD!

[@OloIyansan]

I never understood getting married at a plantation. I mean, the awful, bloody, and disturbingly savage history of lost lives and such pain… I just couldn’t.

[@theresawright1176]

That could be anywhere on earth!

[@nursekalonie9952]

@@theresawright1176yeah but the actual history behind it.

[@theresawright1176]

@@nursekalonie9952 only because you’ve heard the history, there is history on every part of the earth, good and bad!

[@southernman5839]

I don’t want to get married again but I think it’s a great idea . It’s beautiful there.

[@patriciahercules6852]

Our pain gives them wealth.

[@trishagail353]

The porch ceiling is painted haint blue. Traditionally, it's believed that painting the porch ceiling a particular shade of blue will keep the 'haints' (ghosts, evil spirits) away. According to tradition, haints are afraid of water, and they want cross the haint blue porch ceilings 💙

[@avondalemama470]

Yes, a “Southern “ thing. 😊

[@sassytbc7923]

Down here where I live, porch ceilings were traditionally painted blue to keep the wasps from building their nest so on the porch ceiling. They would “see” blue and not realize that there was a solid surface on which to build a nest.

[@katiesioux7757]

✔️

[@katiesioux7757]

​@@avondalemama470no, it's also a pagan thing for some

[@avondalemama470]

@@katiesioux7757 Didn’t realize that, but the wasps thing makes sense.

[@ChiTownLegal]

North n South was my first series that watched as a teenager. Loved it!!

[@montanamangum4026]

Keep this history. It's a testament to how incredible our Black community was, is, and will continue to be. ❤🎉❤

[@diannebrown4042]

Thank you Chris. I was born in Charleston 71 years ago. It is really beautiful. The traffic has become horrible and the heat is almost unbearable. I'm seriously thinking of moving to Tennessee soon but will always love Charleston. Thank you.❤

[@stepps511]

Thank you, Chris! I so appreciate your thinking and in fact what you are doing to keep history in front of us. If we forget or deny our history we are indeed doomed to repeat it.

[@janwarriner6554]

I love the South Carolina videos! So much awesome history. Love every vid you do. Lived in Mt. Pleasant. State law: live oaks that size cannot be cut down.

[@leonamccarroll4164]

I visited this plantation as a young girl. The slave quarters still haunt me to this day!

[@thesun-N-moon8885]

Therapy?!!

[@adelaibrown]

The romanticized pain that happened there is probably what’s haunting you also 😢

[@Helloitsme0923]

@@adelaibrownI said the same thing.. I visited this plantation in Mt. Pleasant.. the entry way to the plantation felt heavy… The oldest tree gave me the feeling of weeping and tears.. As well as the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina gave me the feeling of ancestors ending their lives.. Beautiful State but very very dark and evil past…

[@janellebentley2002]

Now you all should know how Hoodoo came about. They were robbed of everything. SMH

[@juniordavidson7279]

It’s a real shame that a lot of history has been destroyed so I’m so glad to see the ones that survived. Gr8 video as always

[@mamapillow8365]

Thanks for taking us to a place I would never see otherwise. Those wavy walls were really cool, I've never seen anything like those.

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

I was there right after my dad passed in 2015. I took the full tour, inside & out. Saw every scene when they filmed The Notebook. The slave houses were interesting, the singing, etc. The greenhouses are awesome. I highly recommend going to Sullivan's Island to check out the 200+ yr old Angel Tree, HUGE!

[@sharondalynnewton7562]

I’ve visited here and it did something to my soul. Transformative. Everyone needs to learn and grow from the past. It shapes who we are today.

[@judyholiday1794]

I live in Charleston, SC and I love taking friends to Boone hall..I wasn't aware that the carnival scene was filmed in the back yard at Boone Hall until recently.. There has been at least 3 of my favorite movies filmed there such as The North and South with Patrick Swayze and Queen starring Haily Berry.. Awesome video thank you for sharing

[@paulapirpignani4802]

What a treat Chris! Thank yoU I love stuff like this. You are so good at this. Most appreciated.

[@elizabethrowe7262]

Thanks Chris! I like the old history of America it is so interesting and good that you can visit these places and show us here on KZbin.

[@shosmyth1454]

These are Beautiful Gardens. Thank you for sharing this tour with us. 🌺

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Stunning gardens beautiful house and lots of history. Our kind of place.

[@janiceeteme5536]

THIS PLACE IS DISPICABLE

[@mikebritton8798]

I've never been able to understand how people could be in favor of slavery other than they became greedy. To have so much materially, but to make other people do the work for it and treat them so badly if they didn't do everything exactly as you say. This beautiful home and slave quarters were most likely built by those abused, wonderful people. Thank you for the video. You're right. It's nice to look at, but has a dark past.

[@Linsmith571]

I always think of how much beauty these mistreated people created. These people were true artisans.

[@cynthialewis7460]

Most who see beauty didn’t have to suffer there.

[@leenadas5360]

Agreed 100% When I saw it, it instantly made me think of the people living in these small houses. How much pain and sorrow had they endured. Just wished people were kind and treated each other with respect. The outcome with have been so so much better.

[@davidfence6939]

You can't fathom because you're born 200+ years later. You weren't born into the time. You accept the things of now and people will probably say the same of you in 200 years. I wouldn't say everyone on either side was wonderful. There were slaves that did all the right things and got some power in their own rights and abused their fellow slaves, but you'd say they were slaves and should be forgiven. Slavery is a thorny subject and still exists in portions of the world. It also persisted and existed before in Africa long before the Europeans took slaves to the Americas. The Arabs did it long beforehand. Westerners are just taught how evil American slavery was while turning the blind eye to every other race, nationality, etc doing it. No race is clean when it comes to slavery. No nation is clean. How you think Europeans got slaves without dying in masses to diseases? Tribes enslaved and sold other tribes.

[@gwengwen4535]

@@davidfence6939Very good comment. Spot on. People only believe TV programming and what little bit of very skewed stuff they memorize in government school. They need to READ old books and real history.

[@scottrider641]

Such a beautiful place. Those serpentine walls were common there and in parts of Virginia. Awesome videography. Thanks for taking us on the tour, Chris

[@jenniferk.7023]

What an amazing and beautiful place. It is an incredibly well-preserved piece of history. I cannot imagine either living as a wealthy plantation owner or one of the people they kept as slaves, but it's so important to preserve these places that we never forget what took place here.

[@MIXEDSENSE]

Doesn’t even talk about how horrible it was for black individuals. It’s all about the beauty and the infrastructure and yada but talk about the real shit that honestly happened there. Yeah sure it’s beautiful, but there are some dark energies there and why anyone gonna have a wedding knowing how dark the history is there is beyond me. I would never wanna get married on a plantation where people were raped, murdered, beaten senseless, Mutilated and tortured because they were considered less than.

[@emgeezef]

He knows that everyone already knows and what he did say was that this was all possible because black people built everything here. That tells us that this immaculate and awesome place was the work of black people. He says that it has dark history, and we all learn that history in school. I would be beyond shocked if I ever met someone that didn't know how horrible the history of slavery was. It goes without saying while touring a place like this. And he is white, how would he know what it feels like. He can't speak on it.

[@MIXEDSENSE]

@ while I think I can understand where you’re coming from, in my opinion it was built from rape, murder, and torture. It wasn’t because Black people congregated together and built this beautiful place. It was horrific how this place even came to be so with that being said, I think it’s still appalling that people have weddings on such a property that has obviously dark history. And you’d be very surprised to know that I’ve met a lot of Americans, especially privileged Americans who don’t believe that slavery even happened or have a very small understanding of slavery for that time. They have no idea what was actually endured. And just because he’s white it doesn’t exclude him from him being able to do research and pay more respect to the black culture and to come with more knowledge versus just being like “wow that’s cool or look at this beautiful place and yeah sure there’s dark history” He could’ve paid a lot more respect to the people who were tortured and murdered on that property. There should be no reason why he doesn’t do his research if he’s gonna visit places like this. IMO

[@Susan.I]

Very dark history . A sad time in Americas history.

[@LadyDH]

Look around. So is the present.

[@dcampbell374]

Actually it's a sad time in world history. Slavery existed thousands of years before America even got involved. And sadly most people don't realize that the primary slave traders were African. How horrific to learn that it was your own people selling you into slavery. You can't look at one side of slavery without looking at the whole picture and all of it is disgusting.

[@NDB469]

I visited there a few years back, neat place, interesting tour. Worth a visit.

[@victoriaallen7329]

If you haven't been, check out Middleton Place! I used to work there years ago. It's not too far from there! Part of The Patriot was filmed there.

[@helenbricka4614]

I’m right down the road from Middleton. Definitely an awesome place to visit. Great recommendation.

[@judypierce7028]

Wish I had known about Middleton Place! I would have visited as "The Patriot" is one of my favorite American Revolutionary War movies.

[@lindasmith2345]

I live near Savannah but Charleston is my favorite place to go and got married there. I’ve been to Middleton several times and have visited the other plantations in that area including Boone Hall. All of them are fascinating and beautiful!

[@madelineschultz4968]

All that exquisite beauty exists because of people that owned other human beings!

[@periloustimes7]

Middleton is one of the most beautiful properties I have seen so far. It was a day full of history. The little church had me in tears.

[@3RDEYEDNTLIE]

Yes while beautiful also dark. Hanks are definitely here!

[@blackcoffee2002]

Indeed, too much misery for it not to be.

[@stevegaston8050]

Took a tour of Boone Hall over 25 years ago, tour guide told us they had baby bones under the floor boards of the slave cabins. It was also known for being a pecan farm for many years .

[@thesun-N-moon8885]

Wow…. I wonder why baby bones were noted under the “floor boards” yet another comment stated that these slave cabins were originally all dirt floors….. Crazy how history gets told in different ways….

[@reginafallangie2867]

@@thesun-N-moon8885it’s likely they started off as dirt floors and eventually added floorboards later.

[@thesun-N-moon8885]

@@reginafallangie2867 makes sense. Thanks

[@MichaelMaccloud-l4l]

@@thesun-N-moon8885 there weren’t bones under there that’s bullshit

[@harridan.]

​@thesun-N-moon8885 Children of rape, committed by the master, of course.

[@RomarioJoseph-ux1kq]

This video brought me to tears, my ancestors endured so much can feel the energy through the video

[@artcflowers]

The Live Oaks draped in Spanish Moss lining the drive are beautiful.

[@jamesholt7612]

That's such a beautiful place. It makes me happy to see history being kept alive. Very cool Chris.

[@debramalcome6851]

That is a disgusting place to me. I don’t know why black Americans go there. I would not waste my money that I make to support a place like this

[@debramalcome6851]

Beautiful place to u, killer

[@debramalcome6851]

Beautiful place to u but not for me. Killer

[@paulalim1476]

That driveway is breathtaking. I’ll never forget it.

[@deloradeabel8487]

This place is so interesting,the gardens are beautiful!The history is fascinating !Thank you!

[@reliclife]

Great video. My wife and I visit this place every time we go to Charleston, and we both love it. I've always heard that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively got married at Boone Hall at the small venue by the water which is to the left before coming up to the slave cabins.

[@Onj207]

Mt Royal! I love this place from North and South

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

If you've never seen QUEEN watch it Its amazing

[@suewarner1781]

Queen (Halle Berry) and North and South (Patrick Swayze) were great movies!

[@SweetE1403]

We went here a few years back, it’s such a surreal place for me. Def feels eerie yet beautiful.

[@imgoodru2840]

Thank you for going there and sharing your video.

[@RobsNeighbor]

The trees in the opening scene! Thank you Chris!

[@Liz-cmc313]

Thanks Chris. What a beautiful place. And history is important, good and bad.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

Your videos are awesome....thank you for sharing all these cool places. I had to subscribe 😊

[@stevenwebb7936]

I wholeheartedly appreciate Chris for giving us the tour of historical plantations.

[@rickeetacoakley]

My great grandmother grew up in the slave cabin closest to the gate. The restaurant there used to be named after her too because she was a cook that was also sent to cook at another neighboring plantation. My grandparents and down to my father and his siblings (youngest is late 60's) also sharecropped (picking cotton) there when they were younger. I spent a fair deal of time near the slave cabins as a kid because my family members would make baskets there as a part of the presentation. The plantation is now owned by a company and has been for some years now. All business and disconnected from the community which once supported it. I want to like it still, but like the rest of Mt. Pleasant, the charm it once held is fading. Nonetheless, I love vising plantations that have a focus on the history and people that lived there. Yes, it was a horrible time in history, but there is more to it than that. That whole place was built and nourished by those I came from. I'd say they did darn good, too!

[@annhayton2757]

Its beautiful there ❤ thank you for sharing with us all from Virginia

[@victoriajones5274]

It was such a eerie feeling driving in that long drive way

[@mariahdoublem]

Thank you for mentioning that the shacks were unusually brick. Most slaves didn’t have beds either.

[@southernman5839]

I saw North and South . Great episodes .

[@imhere653]

I can almost smell the garden air and feel the early spring sun on my skin. Beautiful film. Thank you.

[@primrosed2338]

As a born and raised Northern Midwesterner of refugee immigrants, I don't know why, but I have never had one inkling or desire to want to explore or revel at any Southern Plantation. I never realized that till this very moment. A beautifully haunting and heavy juxtaposition. Thank you for sharing though. Big sigh.

[@nancytestani1470]

Beautiful place.

[@emmasparkles1113]

My 2nd wife was fascinated with "The Notebook" so I surprised her by asking her to marry me inside the foyer of that house.

[@judypierce7028]

How exciting!!

[@lyndioli]

Aww, how sweet! 💞

[@Clovee808]

A plantation???

[@MrSirlulzalot]

Cool❤

[@monicagaitor6751]

... Where's the location of your fourth proposal?

[@toniweston4330]

I remember Boone Hall in the 1970's before all the tours and restorations. We'd attend bar b ques and oysters there! Those days are over! Glad I saw it before they gentrified it!

[@rickeetacoakley]

Same! I grew up going there often because all the basket makers were family. I'd always be hanging out at the cabin where my great grandma grew up. It used to be more "friendly" when Willie Harris owned it.

[@rebeccamd7903]

Wow!! I learned that they tore down the original plantation and built the brick on in 1936. Also, the Boon family didn’t build most of what you see now. They were the original land owners starting in 1681 and sold it in 1811.

[@nikkigardiner9426]

Thank you, Chris! ❤

[@Ramona328]

Boone Hall is a stunningly beautiful place. The Spanish moss that hangs from the trees is so beautiful. I’ve been here several times. It’s worth the time of going through the tour and learn about the crops they still grow today.

[@scarletlady3727]

The 9/11 monument and memorial pools are also beautiful, wonder when people will start having weddings there…..this was a PLANTATION with countless slaves that lived and died in misery…..I just can’t imagine how people can still be so hateful

[@ummabdurrahman1]

I couldn't imagine people somehow using the 9/11 pools as an aesthetic for a wedding shoot. That's what this gives the vibe of when people do it here.

[@SuperMel81-j5l]

The 9/11 pools aren't a historic house. Cope harder 😂.

[@scarletlady3727]

It’s because they couldn’t care less about the slaves….or even more WANT to celebrate that evil time ..most likely the descendants of slave owners who wish they can go back to “ the good ole days…..evil Still walks amongst us

[@susanboyter9034]

My sister and i absolutely loved our trip to boone hall plantation several years ago

[@michaela8802]

Great video, but it absolutely breaks my heart to think about how my Black ancestors had to live in such brutal bondage at places like this, and how people actually celebrate these places and go as far as to have their weddings at them. I mean, if Auschwitz was beautiful, would we want to host weddings there? So incentive. It’s just crazy to me.

[@rainbowgirlism]

that’s a very good point.

[@bkras483]

No comparison. Not at all. Complete hyperbole. Stop the treasonous libel making US seem so evil.

[@flyingsteel]

Had they not come to America, they could have ended up as slaves in other parts of the world such as Muslim tribes which kept slavery alive much longer than the USA and their descendants would not be here until the USA now. Perhaps what some meant as evil, God meant for good.

[@ednakelley814]

@@rainbowgirlism Nothing wrong in having a wedding at a museum. Museums are expensive to operate and keep open thus museums sites make alot of money by using them as wedding venues.

[@michaela8802]

@@ednakelley814 those are not museums. Not even close.

[@shosmyth1454]

Wow I love the Beautiful colorful bottles.

[@tracyhaughton6328]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@lillypad9960]

Thanks for taking us along. Blessings from Michigan.

[@angiehinson2615]

The North/South was filmed there also and it's an amazing place to visit.

[@RalphyswayReacts-t2y]

Weddings in a plantation is crazy

[@rickeetacoakley]

Beautiful scenery...that is why people love it. It is okay.

[@yolyn5861]

Your comment about slavery was a long, long😮 time ago, and how things are different now is a way for people who look like you to negate the atrocities blacks endured and still endure from people who look like you. We are still living the legacy of that system. The last known former slave died in the 1970s. My great-grandmother's parents were slaves. She lived to be a 104. I knew her. I knew someone whose parents were slaves. We are still treated as second-class citizens. We have only lived without government restrictions for 58 years since segregation laws were abolished.😮

[@happymonkeyoohoohahah]

Thank you for this.

[@yolyn5861]

@happymonkeyoohoohahah You're welcome.

[@judithpollard3258]

My Name is Judy Hanselman Pollard... In 1967 Boone Hall was owned by Harris and Nancy McRae and My Parents Robert & Lucille Hanselman were the Care Takers and Managed the Plantation... The McRaes made the decision to make "Boone Hall" a public attraction with guided tours...I was the first "Tour Guide" and lived there along with My Parents... Such a Beautiful place to live and a large part of the pages of MY Wonderful "Book of Memories"... I met My Husband there🎉

[@marycahill546]

Gorgeous! Thanks for the tour!

[@janiceeteme5536]

Ugh!!

[@mmw5156]

Went few years back and they have done alot to it . I want go back. You can almost feel this place as you walk around.

[@wildadeatongritthartzog6578]

I use to be a employee here so much history and a very rewarding job ❤️ Thank U for sharing ❤️✝️🇺🇸

[@tiffanyrose8810]

Everyone heard of north and south mini series on tv it was awesome to watch.

[@blackcoffee2002]

Never heard of it, it was fillmed on this plantation?

[@ernestj3081]

Absolutely magnificent Chris!! Thank you!

[@jeanpatterson4283]

Interesting and informative. Thank you. From Cape Town.

[@luvmelonqtym]

I grew up in a summer house literally down the street from here. Ive visited here a lot during my summers as well as the Splish Splash water park and huge park site for very large reunions and bbqs on the same grounds. My grandmother grew up in Mount Pleasant with 13 siblings so she has a lot of stories and history lessons. It’s a beautiful site I definitely recommend.

[@SherryStclair-o5q]

I went there as a child with my parents. I was probably seven or eight years old. I'm now 54 how time flies. I don't remember a lot of the grounds so looks like my husband and I are going to have to take a trip😊

[@penchant1972]

Loved going there many years ago. I remember “Mont Royal” from the “North and South” mini-series. Fun fact: Across the street is Charles Pinckney’s house. For those who may not know who he was, he fought in the Revolutionary War, was a Founding Father of the nation, helped draft the Constitution, and was one of the signers. Of course, he was also a major slave holder as was the norm for agricultural land owners in that area during that time, so you decide if his house is worth your visit.

[@dawnsantarlasci8264]

Though Gone With the Wind was not filmed there, the tree lined driveway was the inspiration for 12 Oaks Plantation (home of Ashley Wilkes).

[@Fleur79]

We visited before the cotton gin building was finished. It’s a really nice plantation to visit. It was just too hot that day to wander the estate grounds.

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

I drove there two years ago, because I felt it illogical to talk about slavery yet not connect with it. It was the best experience I had. I recommend it for everyone.

[@ihave35cents95]

Why don’t you go someplace where it’s still going on instead of chickening and going to the museum?

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@ihave35cents95 That's a great idea!

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@ihave35cents95 Great idea!

[@jadasdiamonds]

I visited last year and i could feel the spirits of those slaves. It was definitely an awakening experience.

[@LisaJohnson-qm5dw]

I lived 5 minutes from there in Mt Pleasant back in 2000-2003. It is a gorgeous property so much history good and bad.

[@kevinfowler8712]

My people were some amazing builders and craftsmen. It's a shame they had to build something so beautiful that they would never own with free labor. May Yah our God continue to avenge his people... 💪🏿👑

[@lisaw7633]

Wish I had one of those cabins. Perfect size for me and the brick is beautiful

[@dinkone7943]

I have been here absolutely love this area

[@wandamorris780]

They didn’t have the huge flower beds on the side of the road long time ago when we were there. Added a lot of things.

[@Lisa-Lisa53]

Ty. Great video. I enjoyed it.

[@mcraig1969]

One of my favorite low country plantations to visit. I like the Howylfield Broadfield Plantation in Glynn County GA best as it better represents what the majority of GA plantation homes looked like.

[@kellyscraftingcorner2915]

The mini series North and South and Queen was also filmed at the plantation.

[@wandamorris780]

My family toured it about 50 yrs ago. Was amazing.

[@sitinowak]

We visited Boone Hall in 1973. That was in the film "Gone with the Wind".

[@dawnvyas8856]

So much sadness associated with such beauty - I don't think I could live in such a place knowing all that happened there!

[@Unknown888US]

The sadness I felt from seeing those trees knowing those were ones people were hung from. Both of those trees are are way older than when salvers ended. Salvers ended less than 200 years ago. A long time ago it seems, but not that long ago where the property, trees, houses and wealth still remain.

[@MichaelMaccloud-l4l]

Oh bullshit

[@Unknown888US]

@@MichaelMaccloud-l4l who your mom?

[@nitak3028]

Thank you for this video as I’m AA and didn’t know about this site, my next vacationing know those trees also represent death of my ancestors.