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When Nottoway Plantation went up in flames last month, the destruction of a place rooted in the nation's history of ...
Roughly an hour away, another plantation is working to honor the history of those once enslaved. When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation on May 15 ...
It seemed like an appropriate time to visit Nottoway, which in many ways is emblematic of how some want to whitewash America’s fraught history with race.
With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their ...
When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation on May 15, she felt a surge of energy in her body as she recognized why the name was so familiar. Her father ...
IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - An investigation at the Nottoway Plantation by the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has wrapped up.
Video footage of Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation engulfed in flames spread fast on May 15 and the days that followed. What was once the largest antebellum mansion still standing in the South had ...
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear what the loss of the Nottoway Plantation House means to descendants of people enslaved in the river parishes. We also break down changes to the state’s ethics ...
“The loss of Nottoway is not just a loss for Iberville Parish, but for the entire state of Louisiana," Daigle said. The site has been deemed a total loss. The ATF's investigation is ongoing.
The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office ... phase of the investigation into the recent fire at the historic Nottoway Plantation. Fire destroyed the 166-year-old, 53,000 square-foot historic ...
The Nottoway Plantation wasn’t only known for its intimidating presence in Louisiana and horrid history of slavery. This mansion was unbelievable — which is why the white folks are crying over ...