Archibald Smith Plantation Home — Attraction in Roswell

I live in Roswell! Always knew that area gave off slavery vibes but couldn't confirm it until i found this place today on Google Maps today! WOW. How quaint and charming, right in my own backyard...Im African-American so of course i went to visit and it did not disappoint!!!!

Had an idea: Was wondering if the Plantation Trust ie City of Roswell who owns this Gem could let me and 29 other make pretend "slaves" stage a lil ole historically accurate Slave rebellion that good ole Masta Archibald probably feared as he slept in this big ole pretty Plantation! We could chase people allllll over those 300 Acres of prime N. Fulton County Real estate :) .....I will do it FREE OF CHARGE

Maybe some of us could pretend get land rights OR pretend to escape and go back to our FAMILY in Savannah that Masta Archibald uprooted us from....it would be like calling ICE on ourselves

And good Mammie Cotton, wow left the land and the house to the Black lady who was their maid....How benevolent Mister Archibald. ....Oh wait, she only got to live there until she died and NO ownership? Nothing for her heirs...awwwe. Now thats historically accurate AF

We could be led by General Sherman on unsuspecting visitors :) ....it would be SO much fun and authentic too!! Of course its ALL just a simulation for fun....no real harm is expressed or implied in this post.

Think of the movie DJango...I could be Jamie Foxx's character 🥷and I need someone to play Gen William Tecumseh Sherman 🎖️⚔️ 👨‍🚒👨‍🚒👨‍🚒 and 29 other slaves.

AND this is a DEI event! Anyone who wants to be in the rebellion is welcome to attend. We's all knows how much Roswell and its good folk loooooves accurate history and preservation and this would fit right in...let me know please 🙏🏿🤲🏿🙏🙏🏻 After all it is Black History Month...Be...

The Archibald Smith Plantation Home shows the history of the area over a timespan ranging from the early Georgian colonial period to the middle 20th Century. The family owned the property and lived there for most of that time. The house shows some of the updates that were added by the family, such as the more modern kitchen. However, the family kept nearly everything that they ever owned -- even broken things. This has been a great help to historians, as they have physical evidence of period tools, fashions, etc. The square columns on the main house front show the "plain" plantation style. In contrast, larger plantations might have used a "fancy," or classical revival, style, and often used Greco-Roman columns as an obvious sign of their success. My only concern is that the Archibald Smith Plantation Home does not go into much detail about the practice of slavery there. There are some signs with useful information on this subject, especially in the rebuilt slave quarters. However, anyone wishing a better understanding of how a plantation operated, and thereby better understand the economy of the South before, during, and after the Civil War, will have to do...

I gave this Museum 3 Stars. The People giving the tour were knowledgeable about the Slave Owners, Very Professional and Curtious. What I didn't like about it is that ALLLLLLLL The Info was on the Slave Owners! Nothing About the Slaves! The Slaves Made rhe place so I was expecting to see some Pictures of Slaves or at least some info on them. That's why I went in the first place. A Major complaint I had was the fact that the place was not very Handicap Friendly! I went in a Wheel Chair, the pathway to the Museum was gravel making it very hard to Manuver the Chair, Rolling the Chair from the porch to the inside of the Building was Impossible. I had to get out of the Wheel Chair so they could roll the Chair over the threshold because it was too high to get the Wheel Chair over. There was 2 Handicap Parking nut they weren't very noticeable. We missed them. The City of Roswell Can and...