Not your typical plantation tour. 🕊️ Whitney Plantation centers the experiences of the enslaved people who labored here, not romanticized visions of the antebellum South. Our mission is to provide an educational and visceral experience that challenges visitors to confront the realities and legacies of slavery. 📅 PLAN YOUR VISIT: https://loom.ly/PN8bEXw 🎧 LISTEN: https://loom.ly/dqwvJNw #WhitneyPlantation #LouisianaHistory #AmericanHistory #VisitLouisiana | Whitney Plantation

📅 Whitney Plantation opened as the first plantation museum in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to the history and legacy of slavery, challenging the romanticized narratives often associated with plantation tourism starting in the 1970s. Opening during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, we became a space for visitors seeking to understand the deep historical roots of our nation’s ongoing reckoning with racial justice and police brutality. In our first year, we welcomed 34,000 visitors—fa

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