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Sweet Briar House
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Sweet Briar PlantationBefore there could be a college at Sweet Briar, there was a plantation.The last mistress of the plantation, Indiana Fletcher Williams, passed away in 1901. In her will, Miss Indie dedicated the bulk of her estate to the creation of a college for women. She hoped that the college would serve as a perpetual monument to her daughter Daisy, who died when she was just sixteen. The story of the plantation, and the people who worked to build it, is worth telling. It includes chapters on the Native Americans who first settled the land, the Europeans who arrived in the 18th Century, the African Americans who worked as slaves on the plantation, and the Fletcher-Williams family who owned the plantation and ultimately founded the college. The history of Sweet Briar Plantation is important because it represents a fairly typical 19th Century southern plantation. We hope that this site will provide useful resources for anyone interested in Sweet Briar or Virginia history. We are especially excited about the tools that we hope to offer K-12 teachers. If you have comments or suggestions for the site, please contact us via the Sweet Briar Museum. |
For Teachers
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Sweet Briar Museum H. Christian Carr |