SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTATIONS: 9_0_127_1randall_hill_photo09

In the main dinning room, innkeeper Kathryn Green prepares breakfast for guests February 23, 2012, at Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. The plantation is a National Historic Landmark consisting of 893 acres located on Black River. A former rice plantation, the property was converted into a bread and breakfast in 1990. Mansfield has 9 guests rooms and can accommodate up to 23 guests. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.REUTERS/Randall Hill

In the main dinning room, innkeeper Kathryn Green prepares breakfast for guests February 23, 2012, at Mansfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. The plantation is a National Historic Landmark consisting of 893 acres located on Black River. A former rice plantation, the property was converted into a bread and breakfast in 1990. Mansfield has 9 guests rooms and can accommodate up to 23 guests. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, more than a half-dozen antebellum plantations, which don't change hands often, are for sale.REUTERS/Randall Hill