ActivityPhoto Wikimedia CommonsWhitney Plantation
Louisiana · United States
As we make our way to the Plantation site guests will see such sites as the marsh of Lake Pontchartrain, and an elevated expressway going through the Louisiana swamp. Also see what the Corp of Engineers are doing to prevent the next Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. You will also see such plantations as Evergreen where they film Queen Sugar the new mini series on the OWN and 12 years a slave.
Contents
8 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Whitney Plantation
Welcome to the Whitney Plantation. I am honored to guide you through what is undeniably one of the most vital and transformative historic sites in the United States. …
Listen in the app2The Post-Civil War Jail Cells
Our first point of critical analysis brings us to a rather unexpected structure, framed by the broad green leaves of a nearby banana tree. The juxtaposition of lush, vibrant nature against the grim reality of iron and wood is…
Listen in the app3The Overseer's House
As we move further into the grounds, we arrive at a modest yet deeply significant residential structure. This is the Overseer's House, constructed between eighteen twenty and eighteen sixty. …
Listen in the app4The Slave Quarters
We now approach a profoundly somber area of the estate: the slave quarters. It is a striking architectural anomaly that we are able to stand here at all. …
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Just a short distance from the quarters, we encounter the House Kitchen. This specific outbuilding was constructed in the eighteen thirties. …
Listen in the app6The Big House
We now stand before the primary residence of the estate, historically referred to as the Big House. Constructed in seventeen ninety, this building forces us to discard the stereotypical imagery often associated with Southern…
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Our final architectural stop is perhaps one of the most sociologically complex buildings on the entire estate. We are looking at the Plantation Store. …
Listen in the app8Closing
As we conclude our time at the Whitney Plantation, I want to thank you for engaging with this difficult but essential history. We have journeyed through a landscape of immense trauma, examining the mechanisms of a brutal…
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What is Whitney Plantation?
Whitney Plantation is a place in Louisiana · United States with 8 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Louisiana · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Activity |
| Story sections | 8 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 30.0395, -90.6517 |
| Last updated |