The tabby ruins at the Sams Plantation Complex stand as mute evidence of a bygone era. There were two distinct ways of life which coexisted in the antebellum South. The Plantation Owner and his family were White, European-American, educated, affluent and engaged, politically, socially and culturally, in the wider community. The Slaves, on the other hand, were captured by European slavers who forcibly removed them to North and South America from all over West Africa.
Nearly all of these historic artifacts are on display in our History & Learning Center. The documents below contain more information on each artifact. When your cursor hovers over an…
“Making Spirits Bright” Monday, December 9th, 2019. Beginning at 5:00 PM at the historic ruins. [gallery_bank source_type=”gallery” id=”26″ layout_type=”justified_grid_layout” alignment=”left” row_height=”150″ sort_images_by=”sort_order” order_images_by=”sort_asc” lightbox_type=”foo_box_free_edition” gallery_title=”show” gallery_description=”show” thumbnail_title=”show” thumbnail_description=”show” filters=”disable” lazy_load=”disable”…
This video tour of the Sams Plantation Ruins was created by Joel Holden in 2010-2012, then published in DVD format in 2014. It includes a wealth of imagery taken of…
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Join the Dataw Historic Foundation The Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins on Dataw Island is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and represents one of the most intact…
On Mar 4, 2019, John Colgan of the Dataw Historic Foundation presented highlights of the original development of Dataw Island by Alcoa. In the 1980’s, Alcoa South Carolina, a subsidiary…
This gallery contains the few pictures available of the ruins on Dataw soon after Kate Gleason bought the island in 1927. [gallery_bank source_type=”gallery” id=”22″ layout_type=”masonry_layout” alignment=”left” lightbox_type=”foo_box_free_edition” order_images_by=”sort_asc” sort_images_by=”sort_order” gallery_title=”show”…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DATAW ISLAND ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SAMS PLANTATION COMPLEX This report documents architectural and archaeological data recovery that has been conducted at five historic…