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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 ...
Tyler Roberts sensed danger before smoke reached his room and saved his grandfather, Alderman Vernon Martin, plus went back ...
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear what the loss of the Nottoway Plantation House means to descendants of people enslaved ...
The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the complexities we navigate to uncover the truth of our history.
A Louisiana family is still working to pick up the pieces of their lives after a fire completely destroyed their home, and ...
Some plantation houses, like the Whitney plantation, offer a tour of the house that illuminates the history of slavery. This ...
It seemed like an appropriate time to visit Nottoway, which in many ways is emblematic of how some want to whitewash ...
As Black and Indigenous stories are being banned and censored, the burning of Nottoway exposes what America still protects, ...
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.
SFM, in partnership with the ATF, concluded the on-site phase of the investigation into the recent fire at the historic Nottoway Plantation.
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.
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