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Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.In recent years, some popular antebellum plantations have started to incorporate displays about slavery. But the Whitney Plantation has designed the visitor's entire experience around that history.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.A memorial wall at the museum is etched with the names of the 356 people who were enslaved on the plantation.The grounds include slave quarters, a mule barn, an African-American church founded by freed slaves and sugar kettles, where they used to boil the cane to make sugar. Some buildings have been brought in from other historic sites.John Cummings, a New Orleans trial lawyer, has been working to create the slavery museum since the 1990s. He's spent millions on artifacts, research and restoration.

New Museum Depicts 'The Life Of A Slave From Cradle To The Tomb'

A New Orleans attorney has turned an antebellum plantation into a new museum. You won't find hoop skirts and mint juleps but stark relics at a site devoted entirely to a realistic look at slavery.

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