The Whitney Plantation, located 40 miles outside of New Orleans, Louisiana, is the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people. Their website has in-depth information tracing the specifics of slavery in southern Louisiana over 150 years. Their walking tours focus on the history of slavery as lived in by enslaved people on this southern Louisiana sugarcane plantation, including visiting memorials built to honor the enslaved people, the original slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen, and an 1790s owner’s house.
This short animated film looks at Ida B. Wells' courageous coverage of lynchings, and her work for women's suffrage.