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This tour is designed to help visitors understand the history of slavery throughout time and in Louisiana during the 17th and 18th centuries. It focuses on the origins of slavery, the different types of slavery; human costs, economic implications and abolitionist movements.
It combines two guide narrations, one while in transit and the other on site at Whitney Plantation. We discuss how the institution of slavery created a world-wide economy that was part of the Industrial Revolution.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: New Orleans, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This tour is designed to help visitors understand the history of slavery throughout time and in Louisiana during the 17th and 18th centuries. It focuses on the origins of slavery, the different types of slavery; human costs, economic implications and abolitionist movements.
It combines two guide narrations, one while in transit and the other on site at Whitney Plantation. We discuss how the institution of slavery created a world-wide economy that was part of the Industrial Revolution.
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Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is a museum devoted to slavery in the Southern United States. The district, including the main house and outbuildings, is preserved near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, on the River Road along the Mississippi River. The plantation was started in 1752 by German immigrants Ambroise Haydel and his wife, and their descendants owned it until 1867.
Duration: 2 hours
