Kingsley Plantation
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Kingsley Plantation is the site of a former estate on Fort George Island, in Duval County, Florida, that was named for its developer and most famous owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there
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Shell mound left by Timucua inhabitants of Fort George Island was used as building material at Kingsley Plantation
Etching of the owner's house on Fort George Island, showing one of the unique pavilions
Fort George Island, showing Kingsley's and Ma'am Anna Houses on shore, 1878. Note outline of house roof is different, as it includes rooms removed during restoration.
Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley
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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley, born Anta Madjiguène Ndiaye, also known as Anna Kingsley, Anta Majigeen Njaay or Anna Madgigine Jai, was a West African woman from present-day Senegal, who was enslaved an
Kingsley Plantation
…in what is today Jacksonville, and Drayton Island in central Florida; two of them may have been managed part-time by his wife, a former slave named Anna Madgigine Jai (1793–1870). Kingsley married Anna in 1806 when she was 13 years old, recently arrived in Cuba from West Africa. He freed her in 1811 and charged her…
Maam Anna's apartments, now restored by the National Park Service, were above the kitchens. The main house is in the background.