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Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina)
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina) is a location reputed to be haunted in South Carolina, US. Its reputation comes from reported apparitions, unexplained phenomena and eyewitness accounts gathered over time.
Where is Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina)?
- Location
- South Carolina, US
- Type
- Park
- Coordinates
- 32.877, -80.084
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Why is Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Charleston, South Carolina) said to be haunted?
Thomas and Ann Drayton established a rice plantation on this site along the Ashley River in 1679, and ten generations of the Drayton family have maintained the property since, opening the gardens to the public as early as 1870. The plantation's history rests on the forced labor of enslaved people who built its dikes and drove its rice economy, and their descendants' oral traditions describe apparitions along the old slave street and unexplained lights moving through the moss-draped oaks at dusk. Visitors and staff also report a lingering presence tied to a Drayton family member said to have died grieving in the gardens during the Civil War era, when Union troops occupied the property. The plantation now presents this layered, often painful history alongside its famous camellias.
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