Whitney Plantation museum confronts painful history of slavery
The first museum in America dedicated entirely to slavery opened a few months ago in Wallace, Louisiana. Michelle Miller visits the museum and found a surprising history, not only about the plantation, but her own family.
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The first Salvery Memorial and Museum in United States of America at Whitney Plantation
Whitney Plantation - My Reaction!!!
My wife, who is working on her PhD in African-American studies requested that we visit the Whitney Plantation as her Christmas gift. I must admit, her request was not the most appealing to me, but we took the long drive to Wallace, LA anyway. Little did I know that this experience would change me forever!
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Go on in. You have to go inside. When you walk in that space you can't deny what happened to these people. You can feel it, touch it, smell it.
-Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans-
...I am changed. I see now more clearly than ever, the dots across the timeline of history that led to our current situation of racism and the effect that it has across an entire community and nation.
- Mr. Sydney Lent -visitor 3.11.13
Within the boundaries of the “Habitation Haydel”, as the Whitney Plantation was originally known, the story of the Haydel family of German immigrants and the slaves that they held were intertwined.
In 2014, the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery.
Through museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings and hundreds of first-person slave narratives, visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the lives of Louisiana's enslaved people.
History:
The Whitney Plantation, originally known as Habitation Haydel, is located less than an hour from New Orleans, on the historic River Road in Wallace, Louisiana. Ambroise Heidel (1702-ca.1770), the founder of this plantation, emigrated from Germany to Louisiana with his mother and siblings in 1721. He became a modest farmer on the east bank with, at one time, a single pig for livestock. In 1752 Ambroise bought the original land tract of this plantation and became a wealthy owner engaged in the business of indigo. Jean Jacques Haydel Sr. (Heidel’s younger child) transitioned the plantation from Indigo to sugar in the early 1800's before passing it to future generations. After the Civil War (1867) the plantation was sold to Bradish Johnson of New York, who named the property after his grandson Harry Whitney.
In 1946, in the middle of one of the many shifts in ownership, the Big House on the plantation was described as “one of the most interesting in the entire South” by Charles E. Peterson, senior landscape architect of the United States Department of the Interior. According to Jay Edwards, a professor of anthropology and an historian of architecture at Louisiana State University, the Big House is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture and one of the earliest raised Creole cottages in Louisiana. Moreover, it is one of the very few Historic American houses known to have received decorative wall paintings on both its exterior and its interior. Whitney Plantation is also significant because of the number of its historic outbuildings which were added to the site over the years, thus providing a unique perspective on the evolution of the Louisiana working plantation.
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Whitney Plantation is a genuine landmark built by African slaves and their descendants. As a site of memory and consciousness, the Whitney Plantation Museum is meant to pay homage to all slaves on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the US South.
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The first Salvery Memorial and Museum in United States of America at Whitney Plantation.
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he Whitney Plantation, originally known as Habitation Haydel, is located less than an hour from New Orleans, on the historic River Road in Wallace, Louisiana. It was founded by a German immigrant Ambroise Heidel (1702-ca.1770).
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Why America Needs a Slavery Museum
The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. While other museums may include slavery in their exhibits, the Whitney Plantation is the first of its kind to focus primarily on the institution. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own fortune to build the project, which opened in December of last year.
Cummings, a successful trial attorney, developed the museum with the help of his full-time director of research, Ibrahima Seck. The duo hope to educate people on the realities of slavery in its time and its impact in the United States today. “The history of this country is rooted in slavery, says Seck. “If you don’t understand the source of the problem, how can you solve it?”
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Take a Tour of the Whitney Plantation with GoNOLA
Just a short drive outside of New Orleans, you'll find the Whitney Plantation. In all the plantation museums in the state, this is the only one that tells the story from the point of view of enslaved people on its grounds. Take a tour of the Whitney Plantation with GoNOLA TV.
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The Whitney Plantation, a museum on the grounds of a former plantation, is dedicated to providing the education of the history of slavery in the United States.
Discussing the institution of slavery in American history can seem like a difficult and complex conversation to have in the classroom. The challenge to educators is how to present this topic in both a meaningful and authentic way. The relevance of this part of American history in our contemporary conversations of the past, is demonstrated by the passions this topic arouses.
Using the Whitney Plantation Museum as the entry point to the discussion of this topic, students will learn about the history of those who were enslaved on plantations in the American South and whose labor helped build this country.
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Whitney Plantation
Within the boundaries of the “Habitation Haydel”, as the Whitney Plantation was originally known, the story of the Haydel family of German immigrants and the slaves that they held were intertwined.
In 2014, the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262 year history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery.
Through museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings and hundreds of first-person slave narratives, visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the lives of Louisiana's enslaved people.
Museum Hours of Operation
Monday - 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday- 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday - 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday - 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday - 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday - 9:30am - 4:30pm
Closed New Years Day, Mardi Gras Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
Admission
Tickets must be purchased to access the Whitney Plantation.
Tours to the site and museum can be purchased here.
General Admission - $22.00
Children ages 6-12 - $10.00
Children under 6 are free
Discount Admission - $17.00
Seniors, Students, and Military
Residents of St. John and St. James Parishes - $15.00
Group tours may be arranged for groups of more than 20 people. All group tours require a minimum of booking of two weeks in advance. Tours are booked on a first come, first serve bases and we strongly recommend booking one month in advance. Discount group rates are only available with advance booking. To book your tour or receive more information, contact our Education and Group sales Coordinator at tours@whitneyplantation.com
Location and Telephone
The Whitney Plantation is located just north of New Orleans off of I-10. Our address is 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Wallace LA 70049. Driving directions can be found here or find us through Google Maps or other navigation choices.
phone number is 225-265-3300.
Parking
Parking is free for guests of the museum. The parking lot is located next to the visitors center.
Parking for tour buses and vans is available.
Transportation and Tours from New Orleans
Please be advise that taking an Uber ride to The Whitney Plantation does not guarantee you will find an Uber ride back to your destination since Uber availability is limited in and around The Whitney Plantation.
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New Orleans (Part 1) Jan 25-27, 2018 | Haunted History, Plantations, and Swamps
Norelle and I went to the Big Easy last month for a long weekend. This is just part one. On the last day we happened on the band 4th River Music Collective, playing on the street. I got a solid 4 minutes of their music and decided to put it on top of the first few days of film that I got.
After we got to our AirBnB, which was a great setup located in the historic Western Union Telegraph building, we started out by going straight to Bourbon Street by about 8pm.
We then went straight to the Haunted History walking tour, which took us around the French Quarter to major sites including Lalaurie Mansion aka Madame Lalaurie’s House of Horrors, which was featured in American Horror story... Also it turns out Nick Cage used to own it for a while, which is a little messed up.
The next day we walked to the waterfront, the pickup point for our Plantation and Swamp Tour.
The tour begins with the Destrehan Plantation, established in 1787, the oldest documented French Colonial style house in the lower Mississippi Valley. After that we drove about another 45 minutes to the Cajun Pride Swamp Tours, where we got to see/hold stakes and alligators.
The next day we took the trolly to the Garden District, where we got caught in a huge Thunderstorm, but that will be documented in part 2.
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Dana takes a powerful tour of the historic Whitney plantation just outside of New Orleans.
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Flyby over the Whitney Plantation
Flyby over The Whitney Plantation. The 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 #pixelspective
Angola for Life
There are more than 6,000 men currently imprisoned at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola—three-quarters of them are there for life, and nearly 80 percent are African American. It's the end of the line for many convicted criminals in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate of any state in the U.S. In this Atlantic original documentary, national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg goes inside Angola to speak with inmates and with warden Burl Cain, who has managed the prison for two decades. Cain and his colleagues grapple with the crucial question: What does rehabilitation look like when you're locked away for life?
Read Goldberg's recent reflection on the filmmaking process ( as well as his in-depth report on crime in Louisiana, A Matter of Black Lives, from The Atlantic's September issue (
Authors: Jeffrey Goldberg, Sam Price-Waldman, Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg
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Redcliffe Plantation Tour
Public tour of Redcliffe Plantation taken on November 15, 2015
Louisiana, after my visit to Evergreen Plantation. 2014
Outskirts of the Evergreen plantation in Louisiana