Casa Bianca Plantation

Casa Bianca was an antebellum cotton plantation established in 1828 in Jefferson County, Florida, US. It was created by Joseph Mills White (1781–1839) and his business partner Richard H. Wilde (1789–1847), both delegates of the United States House of Representatives, and was located off of what is today Jefferson County Road 259 southwest of Monticello, Florida. Casa Bianca was originally intended to serve as a sugar cane plantation, but transitioned to cotton production with the rise of cotton as the primary agricultural commodity in Florida in the 1830s. The plantation sourced slaves from New Orleans, a ship entitled The Antelope, a purchase with the former United States President James Monroe, and from Joseph M. White's brother, Everett White. There were a total of 163 slaves at the Casa Bianca Plantation and at its largest, it spanned 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares).

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