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Listen: The Folk ProgramView showing African American family standing next to former slave cabins made of tabby concrete at the Kingsley Plantation on Fort George Island in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Houses--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Tabby (Concrete)
Dwellings--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
African Americans--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
African American families--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Plantations--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Slaves--Homes and haunts
Physical Description
General Note
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.
Kingsley Plantation later became a state park from the 1950s until 1989. Tours of the house, furnished with antiques purchased in the 1950s and 1960s, were offered by park staff. In 1989, U.S. Representative Charles Bennett negotiated the creation of the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, which would include national, state, and city properties and parks. As part of the negotiation, the State of Florida purchased Fort George Island to be used as a state park, but transferred Kingsley Plantation to the National Park Service.
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