Eerie images have revealed the abandoned remains of one of the largest plantations in the South of America which horrified British actress Fanny Kemble and led to her publishing an anti-slavery journal said to have helped inspire the abolitionist movement.
The haunting pictures show the exterior of the white-panelled house and extensive grounds as well as the surprisingly well maintained interior.
Other striking shots show the spacious living area with a fireplace, light-filled rooms and a porch overlooking the grounds.
The front of the historic and beautiful Huston House, located just south of Darien, Georgia, USA. It is a former slave plantation
The remarkable photographs were taken at Huston House, located just south of Darien, Georgia, USA, by an urban explorer known as Abandoned Southeast.
'Butler Island Plantation was once one of the largest plantations in the South, located just south of Darien, Georgia across the Darien River on what is now US Highway 17,' he said.
'The story of the plantation is a fascinating one, beginning in the 1790s, when Major Pierce Butler - one of the Founding Fathers of the United States - planted the land on the Altamaha Delta.
The remains of one of the largest plantations in the South of America horrified British actress Fanny Kemble leading her to publishing an anti-slavery journal that is said to have helped inspire the abolitionist movement in the United States
Upon entering through the dilapidated exterior, you're met with a surprisingly well-maintained entrance hall with natural light
'The area provided the perfect conditions for growing rice. In 1838, the major's grandson, Captain Pierce Butler, married famous and beautiful British stage actress Fanny Kemble.
'Kemble, who was not familiar with the reality of slavery, immediately became very opposed to the treatment of slaves. She eventually published a book called 'Journal of a Resident on a Georgia Plantation,' which some say helped persuade the British to oppose slavery and the Civil War.'
Fanny Kemble was a notable British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century.
Frances Anne 'Fanny' Kemble (1809-1893) visited the house and was appalled by the slavery, going on to write about it
A reception area or dining room inside the vast property that overlooks the plantation and dark history of the United States
Although steeped in controversial historic elements the property has some beautiful features like this period window
In 1834, she married an American, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832.
After living in Philadelphia for a time, Butler became heir to the cotton, tobacco and rice plantations of his grandfather on Butler Island, just south of Darien, Georgia, and to the hundreds of slaves who worked them.
He made trips to the plantations during the early years of their marriage, but never took Kemble or their children with him.
At Kemble's insistence, they finally spent the winter of 1838-39 there and Kemble kept a diary of her observations, flavoured strongly by the abolitionist sentiment.
The house boasts a splendid living area with a marble fireplace and two sets of grand double doors leading to well-lit hallways
Porch with electrical fan overlooking the grounds that have played host to hundreds of slaves as well as a lettuce plantation
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