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Now open to the public for birding, fishing, and picnicking, the Butler Island Plantation has a history of being one of the South’s largest plantations, situated just south of the city of Darien. The interesting story of the Butler Island Plantation started when Major Pierce Butler in the 1790’s planted the land on Georgia’s Altamaha Delta. It was the British wife of Butler’s grandson, Fanny Kemble, who published the “Journal of a Resident on a Georgia Plantation,” which were her notes on how the slaves were treated, which is believed to have helped persuade the British in opposing slavery in America.

7777 Butler Island Road, Darien, GA 31305, Phone: 912-437-6686

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