On May 15, 2025, flames consumed Louisiana's Nottoway Plantation, reducing one of America's biggest and most iconic antebellum mansions to smoldering ruins. But behind those grand columns and glittering chandeliers were hidden stories, stories of pain, resilience, and the suffering of enslaved Black lives America's history often glosses over.
So Join us as we pull back the curtain and talk about the real history behind Nottoway Plantation
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum_South
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottoway_Plantation
https://www.explorelouisiana.com/lodging/bed-breakfasts-and-guesthouses/nottoway-plantation
https://abcnews.go.com/US/nottoway-historic-louisiana-plantation-destroyed-massive-fire/story?id=121876986
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Robin D. G. Kelley, Earl Lewis - To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880