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Roughly an hour away, another plantation is working to honor the history of those once enslaved. When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation on May 15 ...
Why a plantation house fire ignited a heated debate over slavery’s legacy. A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil ...
After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footage ...
Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum mansion in the South, was destroyed by fire, leaving behind a complex legacy tied to enslaved people and tourism.
The largest remaining antebellum plantation mansion in the South has burned to the ground. Fire crews worked 18 hours late last week trying to extinguish the fire that eventually engulfed the ...
The National Institute of Plantation Management has organized the 4th International Symposium on Sustainable Plantation Management. The Symposium will be held on 20th May 2025 at Marino Beach Hotel, ...
Since May 15, when the news broke of a fire which burned Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum plantation in the South, to the ground, Black folks have been sharing their excitement all ...
WHITE CASTLE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Louisiana authorities say the main building at the historic Nottoway Plantation is considered a “total loss” following a massive, destructive fire.
The Nottoway Plantation, a monument to Southern grandeur built on the backs of enslaved Black people, has been destroyed by a fire that raged for nearly 40 hours beginning late May 15. The inferno ...
The plantation is located in Albemarle County, Va., and there, Jefferson impregnated an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings. Life on Monticello was similar to that of other southern plantations.
Fire crews mover a line around the now fully engulfed the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in White Castle, La. Michael Johnson / AP Its website describes it as "the South's largest ...
The Largest Antebellum Plantation In the U.S. Went Up In Flames on Video — Here’s What Happened. A massive fire destroyed Louisiana’s Nottoway Resort, a former plantation turned wedding venue.