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Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It’s about anger and pain over slavery, too
A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...
This antebellum mansion burned — and took a lot of Black people’s history with it
Material history, including at places such as Nottoway, has messages for people studying Black history.
India Today on MSN11h
Watch: Nottoway Plantation fire unearths deep pain over enslavement of Africans
A fire engulfed the historic Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana on May 15, 2025, leaving behind only ashes and a ...
The Root on MSN20hOpinion
[Opinion] 5 Things You Should Know About the Nottoway Plantation’s Horrid Legacy
The Black social media-verse has been ablaze with reaction to the burning down of Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La.
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Nottoway Plantation Fire Ignites Debate Over Its Future, With Owner Wanting to Rebuild
Some want it rebuilt. Others say it’s time to move on. Nottoway’s destruction is forcing Louisiana to confront what—and ...
The Baltimore Banner12hOpinion
A plantation on fire may feel like justice, but echoes of slavery haunt Baltimore, too
Sure, there’s something to be said for preserving history like the Nottoway plantation. But when that history’s been thrown ...
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