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SlSlavery in Louisiana - a Visit to Whitney Plantationavery in Louisiana - a Visit to Whitney Plantation

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Episode 231

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Slavery in Louisiana - a Visit to Whitney Plantation

In today's episode, we learn about slavery in Louisiana. We visit Whitney Plantation, located in Wallace, LA 40 miles West of New Orleans. The Whitney is the only plantation whose primary focus is on the slaves who worked, lived, and died along this stretch of the Mississippi River.

My guest today is Joy Banner, Director of Marketing at Whitney. Joy is also a native of the nearby community and is a descendant of the slaves at Whitney.

On today’s show, you’ll learn...

• About the people who were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and came to work at the Whitney and other plantations along River Road.
• You’ll meet some of the slaves and hear their surprising connections to modern day New Orleanians.
• You’ll gain insight into the conditions they endured, and what plantation life was like for the enslaved.
• Most plantations along River Road were sugar plantations, so you’ll also learn about the process of making granulated sugar on a plantation.

"We ask African Americans to get over it, but we don’t really understand what the it is.”  - John Cummings, owner of Whitney Plantation

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