National Register of Historic Places

Faunsdale Plantation

Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama
Listed
July 12, 1993
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
93000602

About this property

Faunsdale Plantation is a historic slave plantation near the town of Faunsdale, Alabama, United States. This plantation is located in the Black Belt, a section of the state developed for cotton plantations. Until the U.S. Civil War, planters held as many as 186 enslaved African Americans as laborers to raise cotton as a commodity crop. A number of the workers' former cabins remain standing, and they are among the most significant examples of slave housing in Marengo County. These cabins are also among the last remaining examples of this building type in the state of Alabama. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1993, as a part of the historic district associated with the Plantation Houses of the Alabama Canebrake and Their Associated Outbuildings Multiple Property Submission.

Location

Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama
32.43552, -87.60167

Categories

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Sources

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When was Faunsdale Plantation listed on the National Register?

Faunsdale Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1993.

What type of historic resource is Faunsdale Plantation?

Faunsdale Plantation is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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