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The Prospect Hill Plantation was a 5,000-acre plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi owned by Isaac Ross, Revolutionary War veteran from South Carolina. He developed it for cotton culture in the antebellum era. In 1836 Ross died; his will freed those slaves who agreed to relocated to the colony in Africa established by the American Colonization Society, and provided for sale of his plantation to fund their move. His will was contested and litigated by a grandson, who occupied it while the court case and appeals were litigated. The will was finally upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1845. That year the mansion had burned down. Slaves suspected as responsible were lynched. The plantation was finally sold and approximately 300 slaves were freed and transported by 1848 to what was called Mississippi-in-Africa on the coast of what became Liberia. They and their descendants were among the Americo-Liberian elite that held power into the late 20th century. In the 1850s Ross' grandson Isaac Ross Wade reacquired the Prospect Hill property, building a second plantation great house in 1854. Wade/Ross descendants occupied the house until 1956. This mansion still stands today. In 2011 the plantation and house were acquired by the Archeological Conservancy for preservation of the total property. It is expected to yield artifacts that will contribute to the story of slavery in the United States, as well as to African-American culture and the diaspora. ==Location== The plantation is located in a rural area near Lorman in Jefferson County, Mississippi.〔(Prospect Hill Plantation (Mississippi) ), The Archeological Conservancy, August 8, 2014〕 By car, it is located 15 minutes East of Lorman, 20 minutes away from Port Gibson, and 45 away from Natchez.〔("See Prospect Hill With Your Own Eyes!" ), ''Preservation in Mississippi'', October 19, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prospect Hill Plantation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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