Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins

The cabins were part of a set of four built before 1833. The cabins are composed of tabby, a cement consisting of lime, water, and crushed oyster shells. James Hamilton Couper, namesake of the owner and manager of the plantation, was an architect and a builder. He designed and built the cabins to house the slaves who served in the plantation's main house. Both Hamilton Plantation and Gasciogne Bluff were sold after the Civil War to Anson Dodge and the Georgia Land and Lumber Company of New York in 1874 to erect lumber mills. This site is in the National Register of Historic Places.