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Originally Posted by aephi alum
How The Word Is Passed, by Clint Smith.
After I moved to New Orleans, pre-COVID, I visited two plantations. One of them was a B&B, and the message they sent was, "Look at this beautiful house and these beautiful grounds! It wasn't so bad to be a slave - you got every Sunday off and you got a feast every Christmas etc." At the other, they pulled no punches. One particular thing that stuck in my mind was a listing of enslaved people and what they would sell for in today's dollars. Top of the list was a blacksmith IIRC: $100,000. OMFG. People... as property?! I just ... can't.
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My husband loves historical house tours and we have visited many, especially along the river road in New Orleans. It sounds like the "pulls-no-punches" location might have been the Laura Plantation (although I'm sure there are others). It was a very worthwhile visit, and a good counterpoint to the saccharine at other sites.