The only plantation I've toured is the Whitney plantation in Louisiana, where they have a monument wall to the enslaved and are quite open about how working on a sugar plantation was a death sentence within so many years. For this exact reason. Sarah and I want to visit Charleston, but I think I'll skip the plantation tour.
Thanks. I've got a few places I want to see, like the Angel Oak and old history sites, and some restaurants that aren't owned by friends of Paula Deen.
The Angel Oak is something to behold, but Middleton Plantation. We took the kid there when they were in high school and were told the exact same thing. I looked at my family and said that’s some bullshit. Spectacular grounds but rewritten history to create a narrative of justification for slavery.
The only plantation I've toured is the Whitney plantation in Louisiana, where they have a monument wall to the enslaved and are quite open about how working on a sugar plantation was a death sentence within so many years. For this exact reason. Sarah and I want to visit Charleston, but I think I'll skip the plantation tour.
Middleton Place is worth it for the gardens, but skip the rest of it, because it is truly whitewashed.
Thanks. I've got a few places I want to see, like the Angel Oak and old history sites, and some restaurants that aren't owned by friends of Paula Deen.
There is actually an oak tree at Middleton Place that's older than the Angel Oak. We saw it when we were there.
The Angel Oak is something to behold, but Middleton Plantation. We took the kid there when they were in high school and were told the exact same thing. I looked at my family and said that’s some bullshit. Spectacular grounds but rewritten history to create a narrative of justification for slavery.