Historic Houses of Georgia: The Antebellum Years | GPB Documentaries

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

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

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

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. 😮

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

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.

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

Weren't slaves murdered on these lands?

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’ 😂

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.

Yep land taken from the original inhabitants

Such a lovely place 💕

THAT'S ANOTHER LIE

I see nothing but death utterly disgusting when I see these homes built on slaves backs what’s elegant about this.

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 🇮🇪 ☘

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

What a lovely, lovely show.

I want to remind those who bring up slavery....It's still here folks. It's just been repackaged. Corporations do it for us. Ten's of millions of adults and children are coerced into forced labor using psychological and physical threats that include rape, beatings and death. You buy the products they make from technologies, textiles, foods, jewelry, cosmetics ect. The world economy rides on the back of modern day slavery. How many of you are motivated enough to get on a plane to Africa, the Middle East or China? How many of you are willing to give up any of your modern convivences? Society lives passively alongside it, very few people are proactive about it. Slavery has existed since the dawn of man, it has been the norm not the exception. It has been interwoven into the fabric of mankind. Every race has experienced slavery. There were prosperous black slave owners in America that supported the south in the civil war. Native Americans had slaves that included black and white people. Some tribes fought on the side of the south in the civil war. Yet they as a group, have been heavily romanticized. Amazing isn't it. Yet some people remain selective on what group of people and what time period of slavery they get upset about, ignoring all the rest of slavery that has been and still is.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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

Beautiful!!!!!!

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!!!

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.

I was born in Augusta GA.

Well done.

Built on the backs of slaves.

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.

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

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

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 🐍

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.

Stars and bars forever ⭐❌

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..

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

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.

Such a wonderful video. Thank you for posting it.

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. 😊

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

haunted some of these homes