American Artifacts
Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
2016-02-28T18:00:00-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTNjXC8yMDE2MDIyODE4MDkzNjAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Ashley Rogers gave a tour of the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a German immigrant bought the land to grow indigo and later converted to growing and processing sugar cane. The plantation re-opened as a slave museum in 2014 after a ten year, $8 million renovation, and is now devoted to telling the story of slavery.
Ashley Rogers gave a tour of the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a German immigrant bought…
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Ashley Rogers gave a tour of the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a German immigrant bought the land to grow indigo and later converted to growing and processing sugar cane. The plantation re-opened as a slave museum in 2014 after a ten year, $8 million renovation, and is now devoted to telling the story of slavery. close
Ashley Rogers gave a tour of the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a German immigrant bought… read more
Ashley Rogers gave a tour of the Whitney Plantation, a Louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a German immigrant bought the land to grow indigo and later converted to growing and processing sugar cane. The plantation re-opened as a slave museum in 2014 after a ten year, $8 million renovation, and is now devoted to telling the story of slavery. close
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