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Images of the Zephaniah and Anna Kingsley Plantation
Zephaniah Kingsley moved to Florida in 1803 and began buying land and
slaves. In 1810, he purchased Fort George Island, including its cotton
and indigo plantation located on the islands north end that was originally
built by John McQueen. Also at this time, Kingsley purchased a young
woman from Jolof, Senegambia, named Anta Mujigeen Ndiaye, whom he then
freed and made his wife: Anna Kingsley. Together they managed the affairs
of what has become known as Kingsley Plantation.
Since the Kingsley,
the plantation has gone through several incarnation: a social club,
a tourist attraction, a state park, and finally, a National Historic
Site.
It boasts
the
oldest surviving plantation in the state, as well as one of the most
complete
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Reconstructed tabby slave cabin at Kingsley Plantation State
Historic Site: Fort George Island, Florida (1982)
Image number: PR14333
Tabby is a concrete-like substance made from sand, oyster
shells, and lime, a technology transplanted from Africa. The
use of tabby was prevalent in Florida and coastal Georgia
in the 1700s and early 1800s.
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Detail of whole-shell tabby concrete at the Kingsley Plantation
State Historical Site : Fort George Island, Florida (1981)
Image number: FS81160
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Houston Avenue, leading up to Kingsley Plantation State
Park: Jacksonville, Florida (195-)
Image number: FPS00277
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Drawing of the Kingsley mansion at the Kingsley Plantation
(1878)
Image number: PR10577
Zephaniah Kingsley moved to Ft. George Island in 1810, and
is credited with construction of the oldest surviving plantation
house in Florida.
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Main house under restoration by the Florida Park Service
at Kingsley Plantation State Park: Jacksonville, Florida (1956)
Image number: FPS00761
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Kitchen and main residence at Kingsley Plantation State
Historic Site: Fort George Island, Florida (1982)
Image number: PR14329
The kitchen was often called the John "Don Juan" McQueen
house, after the person who first built Kingsley Plantation.
It was later called the Anna Jai (Anna Kingsley) house, after
Kingsley's wife. The kitchen building's foundation was made
of tabby.
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Former slave at Kingsley Plantation: Fort George Island,
Florida (19--?)
Image number: N048492
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Drawing of tabby houses at the Kingsley Plantation (1878)
Image number: PR10579
The tabby houses were formerly slave quarters.
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Tabby slave cabins at Kingsley Plantation Historic State
Site: Fort George Island, Florida (1982)
Image number: PR14332
The cabin on the right was reconstructed by park staff.
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Two 19th-century crypts on Fort George Island: Jacksonville,
Florida (1998)
Image number: PR24704
The crypts are believed to be for Ann Bayard Houstoun and
Mary McIntosh (daughter of then-owner of Kingsley Plantation
John McIntosh), both of whom died in 1808.
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For more information on Zephaniah and Anna Kingsley, see Papers Concerning the Will of Zephaniah Kingsley, 1844, 1846.
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