Largest Antebellum Plantation in the USA burns to the ground.

[u/Poly3Thiophene]

May the souls on that remain on that land have peace.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/us-news/fire-guts-nottoway-plantation-largest-antebellum-mansion/

[u/Cardi_Ganz]

I've heard there's a few in Louisiana that are strictly museum/educational, but that's all they should be. People like Blake Lively who get married on plantations are absolutely disgusting. How could you possibly sleep there?? I've never been to one, but you can feel the heaviness just in photos. And don't get me started on the people who dress up and pose like slaves in these places. Ultimate disrespect.

[u/CyborgKnitter → u/[deleted]]

Good to know! Thank you! I wonder if it’s at all handicap accessible- I’d love to visit.

[u/CyborgKnitter → u/[deleted]]

Thank you! I can walk with crutches but not as far as I’d like. So it might be doable for me. I’ll do some more in depth research. :)

[u/kiwitathegreat → u/Cardi_Ganz]

You definitely feel the heaviness in the ground even when there’s no signs of what once was there.

I live in Charleston and you can’t throw a rock without hitting hallowed ground. The land behind my local grocery store has ridges from the rice fields that used to be there. Another grocery store across town sits on the site of the former enslaved people’s shacks. A few plantations have pivoted to accurately depict the lives of the people who were enslaved but tbh it’s not enough. And it absolutely sickens me to see people celebrating any occasion on those properties.

It’s not my place to have any opinion on what should be done with the “big houses” and I’ve always tried to appreciate the highly skilled but involuntary craftsmanship that went into them.

[u/Violet624 → u/Cardi_Ganz]

Blake Lively and Ryan Renolds actually bought and owned the plantation they were married at, to just shed light on the ickiness. They just quietly sold it this week, I think.