What is runnymeade plantation?

Runnymede Plantation was a large antebellum cotton plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in northern Louisiana, United States. It was established in the 1830s by the Virginia-born planter, William Anderson. Runnymede had more than 7,000 acres of farmland and was one of the wealthiest plantations in Louisiana at the time.

The plantation was worked by enslaved people, who were forced to work long hours picking cotton and performing other arduous tasks. However, after the Civil War, the plantation struggled to maintain profitability without the labor of enslaved people.

Today, Runnymede Plantation is a privately-owned hunting camp and fishing retreat. While the original plantation house no longer exists, some of the plantation's original outbuildings and a cemetery with graves of former slaves and plantation owners still remain on the property. The plantation is also recognized as a National Historic Landmark, and its history is commemorated through interpretive signs and exhibits around the site.