In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have
started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney
Plantation in Louisiana has designed the visitor's entire experience
around that history.
Debbie Elliott/NPR
Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned
stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave
children found throughout the museum.
Debbie Elliott/NPR
writes:
New museum depicts the life of a slave from cradle to the tomb
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/27/389563868/new-museum-depicts-the-life-of-a-slave-from-cradle-to-the-tomb
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/27/389563868/new-museum-depicts-the-life-of-a-slave-from-cradle-to-the-tomb
John Malveaux
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