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Revision as of 18:34, 8 November 2022
 Main entrance of Old Plantation | |
| Construction Cost | $20,000 (equivalent to $603,185 in 2021) |
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| Admission | .15 (equivalent to $5 in 2021) |
| Profit | $27,717.24 (equivalent to $835,931 in 2021) |
Built on The Pike, Old Plantation was a reproduction of a pre-Civil War Dixieland Plantation, from the eyes of the African-American slave.
Etymology
Before the Fair
Description
The show consisted of a large southern home and four slave log cabins. African-American actors planted gardens, entertained each other during a camp meeting, which including song and hymns. Ministers cited the bible.
An auditorium show consisted of about twenty actors singing and dancing.
