Viola Davis Buys Former Plantation Land Where She Was Born

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A social media post had Viola Davis fans believing she bought the former plantation where she was born. The Oscar winner is now explaining she didn’t buy the land, it was just a misinterpreted Instagram post.

When Davis posted a photo of the house where she was born for her 55th birthday and added the caption, “I own it,” she didn’t mean bought the house. 

She later wrote in the comments on the Instagram post,  “Uhh….contrary to websites….I do not ‘own’ above house. I ‘own’ my STORY!! Too abstract I guess.”

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Viola Davis was born on a former plantation in Saint Matthews, South Carolina 55 years ago yesterday. 

Now, the Oscar-winning actress owns that plantation.

Davis announced on her Instagram that she bought the plantation where she was born, writing, “The above is the house where I was born August 11, 1965. It is the birthplace of my story. Today on my 55th year of life….I own it….all of it.”

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