Whitney Plantation Tour
New Orleans, Louisiana
Trip Type: Plantation Tours
Duration: 5 hours
Visit the Whitney Plantation and gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked there. Step back in time as you explore this 262-year old plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. See museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings. Learn the history as recorded from slave narratives, on this 5-hour guided tour.
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Visit the Whitney Plantation and gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked there. Step back in time as you explore this 262-year old plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. See museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings. Learn the history as recorded from slave narratives, on this 5-hour guided tour.
Meet your guide and the rest of the group at the designated meeting point. Journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates along the Mississippi. Cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the Mississippi River. Enjoy a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain, on your way to the plantation. Pass the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph Plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.
Arrive at Whitney Plantation, a 262-year old plantation, which is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery. Visit museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings. Learn about the history of those enslaved at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana.
Return to New Orleans (original departure point) at the end of the tour.
Meet your guide and the rest of the group at the designated meeting point. Journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates along the Mississippi. Cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the Mississippi River. Enjoy a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain, on your way to the plantation. Pass the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph Plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.
Arrive at Whitney Plantation, a 262-year old plantation, which is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery. Visit museum exhibits, memorial artwork and restored buildings. Learn about the history of those enslaved at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana.
Return to New Orleans (original departure point) at the end of the tour.
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