IF TREES COULD SPEAK – Lisa Tyson Ennis

IF TREES COULD SPEAK

I had a rare opportunity to visit several private former rice plantations in the South. The beautiful and massive old Live

Oak trees, draped with swinging Spanish moss that graced every peaceful plantation had born witness to unspeakable

horror in the past. Slave cabins still stood and a haunting, frightening aura permeated the land.

I felt it deeply throughout the time I spent there.

This body of work was photographed and developed on site with the 1850’s wet plate collodion process

and an 8” x 10” Kodak Masterview camera.

Donatvius Williams, Historian, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Donatvius Williams, Historian, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Exchange Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Exchange Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Hampton Plantation, South Carolina, Tintype, 4 x 5 — Hampton Plantation, South Carolina, Tintype, 4″ x 5″

Henrietta Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Henrietta Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Irrigation Canals, Arundel Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Irrigation Canals, Arundel Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Plantation Gates, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 4 x 5 — Plantation Gates, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 4″ x 5″

Slave Cabin II, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Cabin II, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Cabin III, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Cabin III, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Cabin, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Cabin, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Cabin, Bellefield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Cabin, Bellefield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Cemetery, Drayton Hall, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Cemetery, Drayton Hall, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Bellefield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Bellefield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Row, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Row, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Row, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Row, Mansfield Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Row, McLeod Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Row, McLeod Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Sara Daise, Gullah Historian, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Sara Daise, Gullah Historian, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Slave Dug Canal, Hobcaw Barony, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Slave Dug Canal, Hobcaw Barony, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Strangler Vine, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Strangler Vine, Magnolia Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Old Sheldon Church, Baeufort, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Old Sheldon Church, Baeufort, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

Witness, Arundel Plantation, SC, Tintype 8 x 10 — Witness, Arundel Plantation, SC, Tintype 8″ x 10″

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