12) Hamilton Plantation Located on St. Simons Island, the
remains of this antebellum plantation contain two surviving
slave cabins, originally a set of four built before 1833. Among
the better surviving slave cabins in the South, they are made of
tabby, a cement consisting of lime, water, and crushed oyster
shells. The cabins have built-in windows and a central chimney.
James Hamilton Couper, namesake of the owner and manager of the
plantation, was an architect and a builder. He designed and
built the cabins to house the slaves who served in the
plantation's main house. Utilizing a duplex plan to house more
than one family, the cabins were originally part of a planned
community of slave dwellings. The Hamilton Plantation site and
slave cabins are on Arthur J. Moore Drive on the west side of
St. Simons Island, 12 miles east of Brunswick. The island can be
reached by traveling on US Highway 17 and the Brunswick-St.
Simons Causeway.