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VR Movie: The Kingsley Plantation near Jacksonville

Several dozen slave cabins were arranged in a neat semicircle behind the kitchen. The slave cabins were constructed of tabby, a kind of concrete made of burned shells (to make lime), sand, and water. The small holes in the wall are probably the result of the "spreader pins" used to hold the wooden forms at the proper thickness. The liquid tabby was poured into the forms and allowed to dry for several days. Once dry, the forms could be removed just as we do today with concrete construction.

Credit: Panorama movie produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology from original photographs.

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