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- Davis Island is a large island located in the Mississippi River. It lies mostly in Warren County in the state of Mississippi but is also partly in Madison Parish, in the state of Louisiana. It is located about 20 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. The island is approximately 30,000 acres (120 km2) in size depending on the level of the Mississippi River. It was formerly a peninsula known as Davis Bend, with an 11,000 acres (45 km2) area of rich bottomlands, bounded on three sides by the Mississippi River. Before the American Civil War, Joseph Davis developed his 5,000 acres (20 km2) Hurricane Plantation for cotton production on the peninsula. He worked to develop a model slave community, providing more autonomy to his slaves, for instance allowing them to keep a certain portion of monies they earned. He bought the land in 1818. In the 1830s he allowed his much younger brother (by 23 years), future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the use of an adjoining 1,000 acres (4.0 km2). There, the younger Davis developed Brierfield Plantation. Joseph never gave the younger Davis title to that land, which caused legal problems after his death in 1870. The peninsula was separated from the mainland by a shift in the river in March 1867, after which it was an island accessible only by water. After the war, Davis provided a mortgage to Ben Montgomery, his former slave who had managed his plantation, and other freedmen, to acquire both plantations. They operated them for several years, but declining cotton prices, economic hard times in the financial panic, and the repeated flooding caused failure. Davis heirs foreclosed on the note, forcing Montgomery descendants and others to leave the island. After several years of litigation, in 1878 Jefferson Davis gained legal possession of Brierfield plantation from his brother's heirs. He never lived at the plantation again; both he and other Davis family members leased the properties to tenant farmers. Their only access was by water. Following the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which inundated nearly 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2), the US Army Corps of Engineers raised the height of the levees to try to prevent such damage in the future. This had the unintended consequence of increasing the severity of flooding of Davis Island. It has been under water more than once. The Davis family finally sold the properties in 1953, and the private has controlled most of the island since then. Access is only by water. (en)
- Isla Davis es una isla grande situada en el río Misisipi. Se encuentra principalmente en el estado de Misisipi, Estados Unidos, pero también es parte de Luisiana. Se encuentra al suroeste de Vicksburg, Misisipi.La isla es de aproximadamente 30.000 acres (120 km²) de tamaño, que varía en función del nivel del río Misisipí. La Plantación Brierfield del presidente confederado Jefferson Davis, así como la plantación Hurricane de su hermano Joseph Davis, se encuentran en la isla. Los restos de las plantaciones todavía están allí. La isla está dividida entre varios clubes de caza diferentes. (es)
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- Isla Davis es una isla grande situada en el río Misisipi. Se encuentra principalmente en el estado de Misisipi, Estados Unidos, pero también es parte de Luisiana. Se encuentra al suroeste de Vicksburg, Misisipi.La isla es de aproximadamente 30.000 acres (120 km²) de tamaño, que varía en función del nivel del río Misisipí. La Plantación Brierfield del presidente confederado Jefferson Davis, así como la plantación Hurricane de su hermano Joseph Davis, se encuentran en la isla. Los restos de las plantaciones todavía están allí. La isla está dividida entre varios clubes de caza diferentes. (es)
- Davis Island is a large island located in the Mississippi River. It lies mostly in Warren County in the state of Mississippi but is also partly in Madison Parish, in the state of Louisiana. It is located about 20 miles southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. The island is approximately 30,000 acres (120 km2) in size depending on the level of the Mississippi River. It was formerly a peninsula known as Davis Bend, with an 11,000 acres (45 km2) area of rich bottomlands, bounded on three sides by the Mississippi River. (en)
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