SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTATIONS: 13_0_131_1randall_hill_photo13

A portrait of Henry Augustus Middleton, Jr. is displayed February 23, 2012, in the dinning room at Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. The planation was purchased 7 years ago by John Parker of Asheville, N.C. Parker's family ancestors owned the property in the past. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.REUTERS/Randall Hill

A portrait of Henry Augustus Middleton, Jr. is displayed February 23, 2012, in the dinning room at Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. The planation was purchased 7 years ago by John Parker of Asheville, N.C. Parker's family ancestors owned the property in the past. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.REUTERS/Randall Hill