Daigle wrote. "The loss of Nottoway is not just a loss for Iberville Parish, but for the entire state of Louisiana. It was a cornerstone of our tourism economy and a site of national significance."
Fuck that guy
this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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Why do so many people talk like this post is about whether or not you should burn these down or not? Or how they should be maintained?
Girls saw the burning plantation and took a selfie for the symbolic value of it. I don't see them argue that people should destroy the historical evidence, or anything. They just took a strong symbolic Image and if you don't like the symbolism in it, you are a weirdo.
Can we just appreciate their picture? Think about its symbolism?
And maybe then we can have the discussion about what to do with these things. People with no knowledge could start with listening. And if needed, they can add their perspective afterwards.
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those smiles
those smiles make me smile
I didn't realise slavery continued in the US until so recently, mid 1800s? Yikes.
Chattel slavery. Penal Slavery is still legal and targets mostly racial minorities.
It's super important to really understand how fucked penal slavery and convict leasing is. When you think of American slavery you think of people working in a field and that it stopped with the civil war. It absolutely didn't. They forced prisoners to work the fields after that.
California of all states voting to keep prison slavery legal in 2024 is how I know deep down inside we are truly well good and fucked.
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They still have it, it's just called prison labour now.
Even more shockingly, Mississippi only officially ratified the amendment to abolish slavery in... 1995.
And only officially submitted the paperwork concerning said ratification to the US Archives in... 2013.
No rush, guys. No rush.
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don't worry, maga white supremacist snowflakes are in the process of rewriting that history to say the slaves "wanted" to be here, because of "opportunities" they didn't have in the home they "voluntarily" left to be here. so, they weren't "slaves," but "immigrant workers"
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It's still around.
The amendment to USA's constitution that "banned" slavery did so EXCEPT as punishment for a crime.
USA also has astoundingly high incarceration rates per capita. Coincidence?
More like mid-1900s.
And yes, that's talking about the the last chattal slave not being freed until 1942, not the same points others are making about prison slavery.
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More burnt plantations please! We can put them out with confederate tears.
too late I drunked em' all 😔
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Beautiful building, awful history.
Waste of water trying to put it out, unless of course it was endangering nearby structures
Aside from nearby structures, generally you don't want fire releasing toxins in the atmosphere,even were it just wood. Likely the are plastics, bad paints,and multiple other things we wouldn't want just burnt willy nilly. Not that I'm against the destruction of the place; fuck that place.
Yeah, fuck the south. Enjoy, ladies.
The lead in the paint and who tf knows what else (eg covered up arsenic paint or wallpaper) is in that smoke. Seriously avoid breathing in smoke from home fires, it has unfathomably deadly stuff in it
Dude a place that old? Prolly has everything in it. Wouldn't surprise me if a renovation in the 50s gave it some cadmium.
Generally speaking it's best to avoid inhaling any smoke be it from a fire or even a cigarette.
Kudos for cutting out their names but I do love that they included "#BurntToACrisp"
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I don't like this as a "stick it to em" thing. Personally, I want to see those women own that entire plantation, and transform it into a haven for the black community. If that means tearing it down, so be it. I want them to own that shit. I want the slave owning twats to be rolling in their graves over, not just a black person, but a black woman owning their shit.
That said, amazing selfie lol
Look at their faces! They know fate took its time granting this justice hundreds of years later ... a slow burn.
That's lowkey awesome
they really could have parked that tower-ladder in a better spot.
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