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This famed rice plantation was worked by enslaved laborers whose dikes still scar the marsh; here Fanny Kemble wrote her searing antislavery journal, and in 1859 owner Pierce Butler held America's largest slave auction.
Historical Marker
Butler Island Plantation
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About this site
Butler Island Plantation is a historical marker in Darien, Mcintosh County, erected in 1957. It is one of 51 historical markers documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.3546, -81.4453 near Darien. The nearest cataloged historic site is Famous Butler Authors (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include General's Island, Darien Waterfront, and Fort Darien.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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