Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. Simons which was a Native American campground, the site of a Franciscan monastery named San Buenaventura, and the site of the Province of Georgia's first naval base. This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ... St. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... Georgia Colony, as specified in the 1732 grant The Georgia Colony, one of the Southern colonies, was the last North American colony established by the British in what was to become the United States. ...

It was named for Captain James Gascoigne of the sloop-of-war, HMS Hawk, which lead the first Brittish settlers to the coast of Georgia. USS Constellation, a United States Navy sloop-of-war. ...

Hamilton Plantation

Hamilton Plantation is a site managed by the National Park Service located at Gascoigne Bluff. The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States Federal Government agency that deals with all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation properties with various designations. ...

The remains of this antebellum plantation contain two surviving slave cabins, which were part of a set of four built before 1833. Among the better examples of surviving slave cabins in the South, they are composed of tabby (cement), a cement consisting of lime, water, and crushed oyster shells. The cabins have built-in windows and a central chimney. James Hamilton Couper, namesake of the owner and manager of the plantation, was an architect and a builder. He designed and built the cabins to house the slaves who served in the plantation's main house. Utilizing a duplex plan to house more than one family, the cabins were originally part of a planned community of slave dwellings. Antebellum is a Latin word meaning before the war. In United States history and historiography Antebellum is sometimes used instead of the term pre-Civil War, especially in the South. ... Forestry plantations A plantation of Douglas-fir in Washington, USA; note the trees of uniform size and planted in straight lines, and the lack of diversity in the ground flora In forestry, plantations of trees are typically grown as an even-aged monoculture for timber production, as opposed to a... The word slaves has several meanings and usages: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Southern United States or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ...

External links

• The National Park Service maintains a site for Hamilton Plantation
• a Golden Isles Navigator page about the location
• A ministry site that maintains a history of the area