Northeast Florida, the people who settled here and the towns they built, played a significant role in the development of the "Sunshine State." During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many hundreds of plantations were established by settlers along the waterways of Northeast Florida. This book describes some of the early plantation history of this area. Through over 350 alphabetical entries, and 328 photographs and illustrations, Historic Plantations Of Northeast Florida portrays the important plantation sites and activities. It offers a glimpse at some of the events that played a role in colonial plantation life, from the government changes to Indian wars. In these pages you will read about interesting plantation owners like Joseph M. Hernandez and Zephaniah Kingsley, historic Sugar Mills at the Bulow and Dunlawton Plantations, the tragedy of the Seminole wars, and the horror of plantation slave life.