The Boddie Plantation

The Boddie Plantation is where Tougaloo College sits. The plantation was founded by slave owner, John Boddie. He used the plantation to grow cotton. He built a large mansion for his then fiancé, but she later left him, due to the way he treated his slaves. Since she left, he used the mansion to store his cotton and to also oversee the entire plantation and slaves through a cupola. The building is now called the Robert O. Wilder building and has been restored in the recent years and is being turned into a museum.