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Henry Houser Plantation

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HENRY HOUSER HOUSE PLANTATION

BY: OLIVIA PAGE AND mEGAN PASTERCHALK

The Henry Houser House Plantation is located in Grover, Cherokee, SC

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FACTS ABOUT THE HOUSE

  • 1788- Henry Houser purchased 125 acres on Kings Creek
  • 1789- Houser purchased an additional 120 acres
  • 1801-1803- House built
Photo by @Doug88888

OWNER iNFORMATION

  • 1st owner- Henry Houser
  • Most Recent Owner- Kings Mountain National Military Park
  • Other owners- 8
Photo by Ken Lund

ADDITIONAL Information

  • 4 slaves in 1820
  • Primary Crop- Corn
  • Public can visit but only once or twice a year

MOP PLANTATION COMPLEX

MOP STRUCTURES

  • Plantation House- owners live in
  • Slave Quarters- slaves live in
  • Overseers House- overseers live in

MOP STRUCTURES

  • Kitchen Yard- cook house, pantry, laundry, smokehouse, icehouse, & dairy
  • Privies- bathroom

MOP STRUCTURES

  • Church- for owners/slaves to worship
  • School House- for all the children
  • Barn- for the animals

MOP STRUCTURES

  • Food Barn- for the harvested food
  • Playground- for all the children

LAWS/RULES

  • Set work hours
  • Curfew
  • Meal management
  • Days schedule
  • Showering laws

LAWS/RULES

  • Payment
  • Respect plantation owners
  • Have to look presentable
  • Learn to read and write
  • Labor laws

CONSEQUENCES

  • No dinner
  • Longer hours
  • Shackles around feet for a day

SLAVE LIFE

  • Treated nice and well
  • Lived in small but comfortable houses
  • Overseer just watched them
  • We have the task system

SLAVE LIFE ON PLANTATIONS

  • Slaves worked 6 days a week
  • Some slaves are domestic slaves
  • Slaves can't have guns
  • 60% of the 4 million slaves worked in cotton fields
  • Slaves didn't work in gangs