Florence Plantation

The Florence Plantation was a cotton plantation in Harwood, Chicot County, Arkansas, U.S..

History

In 1870, the 3,600-acre plantation was acquired by John C. Calhoun II,[1] the grandson of John C. Calhoun and brother of Patrick Calhoun, and his wife Lennie Adams, the daughter of Betsy Johnson of the Lakeport Plantation.[2] The plantation came with 20 black laborers, and Calhoun brought 150 more from his family plantations in Alabama.[1] By 1883, there were 260 black laborers.[1] According to Frank Wilkeson, Calhoun made sure they were not in debt, and earning enough to live in relative comfort.[1]

In 1915, the plantation was listed for sale by the heirs of Joseph P. Alexander and advertised as "a baronial estate at the price of a farm", with "5,000 acres, 34 good mules, residence and 40 tenant houses."[3]

In 1953, Jack Vaughan sued Carneal Warfield over the ownership of the plantation.[4]

References

  1. Wilkeson, Frank (June 10, 1883). "THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM. The Southern Negro Can Be Elevated. A Cotton Plantation Managed by a Thoroughbred Southern Gentleman--John C. Calhoun's Dealings with Negro Laborers". Daily Arkansas Gazette. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Gatewood, Willard B, Jr. (Spring 1991). "Sunnyside: The Evolution of an Arkansas Plantation, 1840-1945". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 50 (1): 5–29. JSTOR 40022326.
  3. "A BARONIAL ESTATE AT THE PRICE OF A FARM". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. January 10, 1915. p. 36. Retrieved September 11, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  4. VAUGHAN, v. WARFIELD et al.

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