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Ceylon Plantation and cemetery are situated on property that Lieutenant James
Nephew received for service in Colonel John Baker’s Regiment of the Liberty
County Georgia Militia during the Revolutionary War. Nephew and his wife,
Mary Magdalene Gignilliat, were prominent planters who owned plantations in both
Georgia and South Carolina.
The plantation was named after the Kingdom of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, which
was considered an exotic place dominated by rice and tea plantations. Ceylon
was a very profitable rice plantation; 120 enslaved African Americans were living
and working at Ceylon in 1859. After the war, turpentine and timber harvesting
became important activities on the former plantation’s lands.
Very little remains of the original plantation, although canals used to
irrigate the rice fields are still visible in the marshes next to Cathead
Creek. The most significant surviving component of the plantation
is Ceylon Cemetery, which was the original burial ground for the
plantation’s African American workers. The local community still uses
the cemetery today and honors those who are buried there; a sign
marks the location and date of the cemetery and includes the word
“Let The Dead Rest In Peace.”
growing outdoors in Northern California! This is the first time I've had this variety bloom, will be interesting to see how it tastes! this plant gets blasting full sun from sun up all the way to sunset! It's been a relatively cold spring and summer up here, but a few heat waves and many luke warm days keep these plants growing. Took 2 years from planting to first flower.
Ceylon Blue Tiger, Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, Tai Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Nikon D70+Nikon 300mm F/2.8G VR + 36mm extension ring.
Ceylon is finally happy, the right body match and wait is over. Now she can have fun trying outfits on
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard published by John & Co. of Ceylon. Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
The card has a divided back.
The back of the card has been hand-stamped with the following name:
'The Jones Library Inc.,
Amherst,
Massachusetts'.
Sri Lanka (antiguamente Ceilán) es una nación insular al sur de la India, en el océano Índico. Sus diversos paisajes varían desde el bosque pluvial y las llanuras áridas hasta las mesetas y las playas de arena. Es famosa por sus antiguas ruinas budistas, incluida la ciudadela de Sigiriya del siglo V, con su palacio y sus frescos. La ciudad de Anuradhapura, la antigua capital de Sri Lanka, tiene muchas ruinas de más de 2,000 años de antigüedad.
Plâté began life when the young couple A.W.A and Clara Plâté, travelled to Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) over a century ago, in 1890. Enthralled by the friendly locals, scenic landscapes and endless beauty of the island, the couple decided to pursue a career in photography in Sri Lanka. With further help from their relatives - the Heinemann’s, Plâté expanded at a gradual pace over the years venturing into other areas of business.
This postcard is circa 1960