Last updated: June 24, 2022
Place
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site
![A white two-story house has green shutters and is surrounded by greenery.](/common/uploads/cropped_image/primary/E992AE6B-FC3D-7A78-DE854A3487F65DC0.jpg?width=1600&quality=90&mode=crop)
South Carolina State Parks
Quick Facts
Location:
Beech Island, South Carolina
Significance:
Redcliffe Plantation is a site which interprets the story of those who transitioned from enslavement to freedom, and the experience of Reconstruction for the families who lived there.
Designation:
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
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Amenities
4 listed
Gifts/Souvenirs/Books, Pets Allowed, Restroom, Trailhead/Hiker Register
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site in Aiken County interprets the lives of the Black and white families who shaped the cultural history and landscape of this plantation from 1855 through Reconstruction, and up to 1975. Educational programs guide visitors through the extant slave quarters and mansion on site - home to South Carolina governor James Henry Hammond in 1859. This site is a part of the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network.