Exploring the Tragic History of Florida’s Gamble Mansion & Plantation – A Civil War Era Plantation

The Gamble Plantation is an obscure yet fascinating attraction showing the role Florida played in the Civil War and how slavery propped up the economy of the Confederacy.The romanticized view of the old south belays the fact that the Gamble plantation was an economic failure.
Gamble Mansion North View
Gamble Mansion North View

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Michael Hardy

Michael is the owner of Thumbwind Publications LLC. It started in 2009 as a fun-loving site covering Michigan's Upper Thumb. Since then, he has expanded sites and range of content and established a loyal base of 60,000 visitors per month.

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