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Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It's about anger and pain over slavery, too
A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...
What Caused the Nottoway Plantation Fire and Why is Annabelle The Doll Being Linked To It?
On an otherwise ordinary Thursday afternoon, one of Louisiana's most iconic mansions vanished into smoke. At around 2:00pm on ...
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5 things to know about Nottoway plantation
Nottoway Resort plantation home in Iberville Parish, formerly the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the U.S. South, ...
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The 10 Most Hilarious Black Memes From the Nottoway Plantation Fire
Although Nottoway was a sugar plantation built and operated by slaves in 1859, unless they are students of history, the ...
The problem with using the word ‘plantation’ in the South today | Opinion
Columnist Issac J. Bailey writes about the complex legacy of Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum mansion in the South ...
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The Nottoway Plantation fire destroyed the South’s largest antebellum mansion — and sparked an online firestorm in the process
The Nottoway Plantation fire ignited fierce debate over race, history, and justice in the South. See why this moment matters. Learn more at REVOLT.
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A Pre-Juneteenth Barbecue: 5 Things You Should Know About the Now Torched Nottoway Plantation’s Horrid Legacy
The Louisiana mansion that once enslaved dozens of Black people is little more than embers now, but that doesn't mean we ...
As Nottoway Plantation Burns, The Ancestors, And Social Media Rejoice
The estate was powered by the forced labor of more than 150 enslaved people a fact often or glossed over in tourist brochures ...