Whitney Plantation Louisiana History. The whitney plantation has records on their slaves due to a variety of unusual circumstances. John the baptist parish, less than an hour west of new orleans.
In 1795, there were 19,926 enslaved africans and 16,304 free people of color in louisiana. Between 1880 and 1946, the plantation was owned pierre edouard st. Ashley rogers gave a tour of the whitney plantation, a louisiana plantation that traces its history to 1752, when a german immigrant bought the land to grow indigo and later converted to growing.
The whitney plantation opened in december 2014.
The whitney plantation is located on the west bank of the mississippi on louisiana’s historic river road. The whitney plantation is located at 5099 highway 18 in wallace, louisiana. Whitney plantation tour (from $69.00) whitney plantation tour with transportation (from $72.54) whitney plantation, museum of slavery and st. And the last at 3 p.m.