Destrehan Plantation Slave History. Standing in stately grandeur draped by ancient oaks, destrehan plantation is one of the great river road mansions telling its whole story to visitors including its own chapter with slavery. The site hosted the notorious st.
Admission is $8 for adults and. The field of angels is a memorial at whitney plantation that is dedicated to 2,200 known louisiana slave children who died before their third birth date. Catalina named her oldest son honore after her father.
When asked if an additional layer to crippling sales has been societal pushback to close plantations because of the slave history, smith said the plantation is an important part of destrehan history.
Catalina named her oldest son honore after her father. Exhibits, tours outline workers slave revolt role in history. Destrehan plantation was the site where one of the three trials took place following the 1811 slave revolt, one of the largest slave revolts in us history led by charles deslondes. He was elected to the united states senate when louisiana became a state in 1812, but he resigned after a month.