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Listen: The World ProgramSlave overseer's house at the El Destino Plantation - Jefferson County, Florida
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The "El Destino" plantation, near Tallahassee, was purchased June 4, 1828 by the Nuttall Family for $2350.00. The plantation contained some 480 acres and was primarily a cotton growing operation. El Destino was located in western Jefferson County at what is now Waukeenah. It extended into Leon County by 6 miles, just 3 miles south of the W.G. Ponder Plantation.
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