This is a photo of two slave children at Goose Creek Plantation from my post First Hand Accounts Of American Slavery In The 19th Century. I found the following information about Goose Creek Plantation in this book by Michael James Heitzler.
"Thomas Monck owned Goose Creek plantation during the eighteenth century. In September of 1739, Monck offered a reward of forty shillings each for the return of three Gambian Negroes. He was one of the few slave owners who branded their slaves. In an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette of March 12, 1736, he offered a reward of five pounds local currency for the return of an Angola Negro named Gudja. He described him as being 'branded on his right breast T Monck.' In January of that year, he advertised for the return of a slave named Sampson 'to me at my plantation in Goose Creek.'"
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I believe Goose Creek Plantation was in South Carolina, not North Carolina. Moncks Corner, SC is named for him. Further information on him can be found at http://genealogytrails.com/scar/berkeley/history.html He apparently was one of the few owners that actually branded his slaves.
Goose Creek is definitely in South Carolina. The author of the book you mentioned, Michael Heitzler, is the Mayor.
Goose Creek is in Charleston, SC. This photo states the photo was taken at Goose Creek Plantation, Charleston, S Carolina.
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This is a horrible webpage filled with misinformation, but a good example of how stupid people can publish anything on the internet! The picture of the slave children is not at Goose Creek Plantation as They was no Goose Creek Plantation! The picture was taken at the Oaks Plantation, the street is known as the Avenue of the Oaks. There were plenty of platntaions in the Goose Creek were • Bella Vista Plantation, Bloomville Plantation , Brick Hope Plantation, Castle Brawn Plantation, Crowfield Plantation, Howe Hall, Medway Plantation, Oakland Plantation, Oaks Plantation, Red Bank Plantation, Sedgefield Plantation! If you are going to try to be a historian they get it right and stop trying to invent your own!
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