Charles Pinckney National Park

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The Charles Pinckney Nation Park is a 28-acre remnant of Charles Pinckney's Snee Farm, a rice and indigo plantation. The farm once fed the Charleston and International markets. On the site is an 1828 Low country coastal cottage that serves as a museum and visitor center.

The park is located near Mount Pleasant South Carolina.
Most of the original land had been sold for residential development and a golf course. But in 1987, Friends of Historic Snee Farm raised money to buy what was left of the plantation. The next year, the site was turned over to the National Park Service. Fortunately, the main house and many outbuildings were clustered in the small area that was preserved and archaeologists continue to unearth records of the property's history. Charles Pinckney National Historic Site opened in May of 1995. The site teaches about Charles Pinckney’s life and accomplishments, the
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He was given the Nickname "Constitution Charley," because he helped shape the Constitution. Exactly how much he helped is still being figured out.
He was elected twice as South Carolina governor and during that time he was also ambassador to Spain. He worked for ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina in 1788.
The Snee farm was not Charles Pinckney’s primary residence. He owned a townhouse in Charleston where he lived most of the year. The farm was known as his country estate and a favorite among his seven plantations. President George Washington visited in May 1791.
Snee Farm can teach us about the cultural environment that influenced Pinckney and his contributions to the U.S. Constitution. The findings on the plantation illustrates how plantation life was for the enslaved people farm. Snee farm had over forty slaves.
Besides exploring the 28 acres park grounds that are covered in ornamental gardens, red cedars, live oak and Spanish moss the most interesting part is the archeological

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