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Whitney Plantation tours: Unveiling the history of Louisiana's antebellum South

The Whitney Plantation stands as a profound monument to the history of slavery in the Southern United States. Located in ...
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A plantation museum spotlighting the truths of slavery has lost federal grants in ‘furtherance of the president’s agenda’

Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation—open since 2014 as a museum dedicated to education about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.—lost its federal grants as a result of Trump’s attack on DEI. Unfortunately, ...
Rapid City Journal

Whitney Plantation immerses visitors in the lives of slaves

I was on my way to Whitney Plantation, a museum in Wallace, La., that is unlike any other between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The onetime sugar operation where hundreds of slaves toiled for more than ...
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Photos: Juneteenth celebrated at Whitney Plantation in Edgard

The second annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival is held at the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Saturday, June 15, 2024. The event featured self-guided tours of the Whitney grounds, a dance workshop, ...