On the 2 plantation tour you get to experience both strengths of each plantation and what they have to offer as a narrative. Oak Alley you get to experience the grandeur of antebellum life in the 1800s on the magnificent property line with its beautiful 28 Oak trees.
WEST-AFRICAN Laura plantation started in 1805 with 7 enslaved people (six west-Africans and one Amerindian). As the plantation grew, so did the number of enslaved workers. Four original slave cabins built in the 1840s remain standing today on the plantation. By the onset of the Civil War, 186 workers were enslaved on this farm. Following the emancipation of slaves in Louisiana (1866), the great majority of these former slaves continued to live in the Laura Plantation quarters.
Descendants of these men & women were displaced in 1895 when cypress lumber companies had their own workers inhabit the Laura slave quarters. The cabins were lived in until 1977. Descendants of slaves live near the Laura Plantation to this day.
Posted By : Kardix24
The plantation tours tours were excellent! My husband and I visited the Whitney and Laura Plantations.
However, Brian from Crescent City Tours was the icing on the cake. He was able to offer a New Orleans history tour on the drive from New Orleans to the plantations. He was also hilarious and entertaining. I encourage everyone to support the business. You will not be disappointed or bored!
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Posted On : 2022-01-19 10:42:22 
