Plantation Straw Bosss Buckle Plantation Store Tokens Boss Tag

Star Plantation was in 1859 a sugar producing plantation in Louisiana. In 1859 there were many slaves working on the plantation and after the civil war was over, many former slaves still worked in the fields for a daily wage. From the 1800s to the late 1940s the plantation was owned by the Kessler Brothers. Then had a plantation store where most of the workers got credit for whatever they needed. The plantation store also had three different tokens that could be used at the company store.

Some of the former Star Plantation slaves became Straw Boss over the other former slaves. STRAW BOSS BELT BUCKLE - STRAW BOSSS STAR WITH DATE OF 1866 - STAR PLANTATION. BRONZE FINISH - HEAVY - 3"X 2". THREEE STAR PLANTATION STORE TOKENS. REVERSE - GOOD FOR CENTS IN TARDE AT KESSLER BROS.

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