SANKOFA'S PLANTATION DATABASE

Sargossa Plantation

Location: Adams Co., MS
Constructed: 1820's

History: Saragossa Plantation is located a few miles outside the town of Natchez in Adams County, Mississippi. It was established in the 1820s by Stephen Duncan who reputedly became the wealthiest cotton planter in the world. At the height of his career, he owned over 1000 slaves. Saragossa was just one of his many plantations.

Associated Surnames: Duncan, Smith

Associated Plantations: Duncansby Plantation (Issaquena Co.); Ellisle Plantation (Issaquena Co.); Homochitto Plantation (Issaquena Co., MS)

Associated Free White Names

• (1820 - 1850) Stephen Duncan: founder of Sargossa; owner of over 1000 slaves and many other plantations including Homochitto Plantation (Issaquena Co., MS), L'Argent, Auburn, Camperdown, Carlisle, Duncan, Duncannon, Duncansby Plantation (Issaquena Co.), Ellisle Plantation (Issaquena Co.), Middlesex, Oakley, Rescue, Reserve, and Attakapas
• (1850 - ) Smith family

Associated Black Slave Names

1860: Slaves of Stephen Duncan
From Issaquena Co. MS Largest Slaveholders From 1860 Slave Census Schedules, Transcribed by Tom Blake
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/msissaquena.htm

• DUNCAN, Stephen, RITCH, O. H. T., 174 slaves, page 420B
• DUNCAN, Stephen, FURLOW, Thos. W., 154 slaves, page 422B
• DUNCAN, Stephen, HEARD, Stephen C., 132 slaves, page 423B
• DUNCAN, Stephen, ROWE, Wm. J., 126 slaves, page 424
• DUNCAN, Stephen, GARRET, Jacob, 147 slaves, page 421B
• DUNCAN, Stephen, LEMAY, S. T., 125 slaves, page 426

Agriculture

• Cotton

Description of Associated Architecture

• Main house: Originally it was the overseer's house and consisted of two rooms, each with a fireplace. In the 1850s when the property was purchased by the Smith family, this house was enlarged. Smith family descendants continued to occupy this house until the 1980s.
• Slave houses: A deed map found in the Adams County courthouse shows the property of Saragossa as it appeared in 1849. While somewhat difficult to read, the map shows the road going into the property, the overseer's house, and eight slave houses forming two rows behind it.

RESOURCES

• African-American Archeaology at USM (online) http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~aloung/saragossa.html