Teel–Crawford–Gaston Plantation
1836 former plantation in Georgia, US
The Teel–Crawford–Gaston Plantation, also known as the John Teel Plantation, is a historic site and former plantation and built in c. 1836 in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, U.S. It represents two major periods in the history of Georgia agricultural, the plantation system, and system of tenant farming. This site was worked by enslaved people. The Teel–Crawford–Gaston Plantation complex includes a main plantation house, outbuildings, farm fields, and a cemetery.
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 27, 2004, for the building and landscape architecture, and contribution to African American history.
History
John Teel, a native of North Carolina, purchased the property in 1836, and built the main house (c. 1836 – c. 1840) shortly thereafter. Teel funded the building of the Greek Revival-style house built with the labor of enslaved African Americans, using lumber from his property, and bricks made in the brickyard near his house. By 1850, he lived with his wife Mary, their nine children, and sixteen enslaved people. He continued to purchase surrounding properties to grow the farm land. The brickyard, farm land, main house, and cemetery were all labored by slaves.
In 1852, Teel sold the plantation to Shadrack and Lucina Crawford.
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