1 /5 Simone P: The Callaway Plantation was located in Washington, GA. The site was formerly a working cotton plantation with enslaved African Americans. The site was owned by the Callaway family between 1785 until 1977 and the family still owns a considerable amount of acreage surrounding the Callaway Plantation. When the plantation was active, it was very large and owned several hundred slaves.
The Callaway family of Georgia are descendents of Peter Callaway (1640–1715) an immigrant who came to the U.S. from England. A part of the family later migrated to west GA in and around LaGrange.
**Im leaving 1 star because its disingenuous to not tell the full truth about a place, a history, or a family. The website of Callaway gardens makes no mention of this history or where the true wealth of this family came from. Some of us would like to avoid places with such a heritage. If youre proud of your beginnings, be proud. But tell the full truth.
Those men, women, and children who were enslaved for generations by this family deserve at least that. I will never visit this place again, nor will I ever spend a dime here.