Clifford Place Plantation

Last updated March 20, 2019

Clifford Place Plantation or Clifford Place was a cotton plantation of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward.

Cotton plant fiber from the genus Gossypium

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.

Plantations are an important aspect of the history of the American South, particularly the antebellum era. The mild subtropical climate, plentiful rainfall, and fertile soils of the southeastern United States allowed the flourishing of large plantations, where large numbers of workers, usually Africans held captive for slave labor, were required for agricultural production.

Leon County is a county located in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of 2017 Census estimates, the population was 290,292.

Clifford Place would have been in the vicinity of Waverly Plantation and Southwood Plantation.^[1]

Waverly Plantation was a large cotton plantation of unknown size, located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States, owned by George Taliaferro Ward.

Southwood Plantation was a large cotton plantation of 5,000 acres (20 km²) located in southern Leon County, Florida, United States and owned by George Taliafero Ward.

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[1] Thesis: historical/Tallahassee/Leon County Archived 2008-10-29 at the Wayback Machine .