Exploring Plantations in Louisiana :: Whitney & Oak Alley

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Жыл бұрын

After flying all night from Alaska to New Orleans we have finally arrived in Louisiana! We started our journey by visiting two VERY different Southern plantations.
We started our day at the Whitney Plantation, which is the only plantation in Louisiana that is wholly dedicated to telling the stories of those who had been enslaved. To say it was powerful and moving would be an understatement. It’s the kind of place you wish everyone could visit.
After we left Whitney, we went to Oak Alley. This was a very different experience that was much more focused on the stories of the plantations owners throughout the history of Oak Alley. While I didn’t go into the depth of slavery that Whitney did, it didn’t gloss over it either.
We’re so glad we visited both of these plantations, and we’re glad we visited them in the order we did.
After a delicious lunch we hit the road before ending our day in Lake Charles, Louisiana!
Whitney Plantation: www.whitneyplantation.org/
Oak Alley Plantation: www.oakalleyplantation.org/
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@janicelynnhansen5870 Жыл бұрын

Your experience at the first plantation brought back very easily my feelings going through the Museum of African American History in DC a couple of weeks ago. The history of slavery experience was...wow. The pervading feeling of being touched by evil just hangs around in the background of your heart.

@paulahymel7055 10 ай бұрын

I live ten minutes from Oak Alley. I don't know if they told you that those beautiful oak trees took a really big hit during Hurricane Ida two years ago! It damage was unbelievable!

@Rebecca-zp4gm Жыл бұрын

At school in the uk, the slave trade was taught. The journey from Africa to the Caribbean was awful. The life they led from being caught in Africa to surviving the journey to the Caribbean to being sold and producing sugar. All life is precious.

@jyuniverse7818 10 ай бұрын

I visited twice to the Whitney Plantation. Very emotional but immensely informative. Thank you for sharing as they didn’t have the audio tour when I last visited. Never visited Oak Alley.

@bbwphotographer76 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for touring the plantations… and able to have the two experiences. As a kid (grew up in Chicago) every summer spent with my mom on her side of the family in Louisiana. As in late teens (mid-90s) going to them and understanding what they were showing and ‘teaching’ wasn’t right. It felt like glorifying the owners and see what the family was and still doing (doing tours to the public).

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Yes, that’s exactly what we heard SO many times when researching these tours before our trip. That’s why it was important to us to visit Whitney first, and we’re so glad we did. It’s a “must visit” in our opinion

@rosemichel7559 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this.

@dorindapetty6774 Жыл бұрын

Love all y’all’s videos!!! Thanks for taking us along!!

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! Thank you for watching :)

@montananative9786 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video!!!! Also you two are so kind for having empathy for the mom on the flight, thank you!

@JB-hl1qx 5 ай бұрын

I love old southern plantations ❤

@tinaprater9043 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your tours. That was very interesting. Safe travels!

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@taylourblair7194 Жыл бұрын

As someone who was born and raised in Mississippi, I love yalls fascination with the MS river.😂 I can’t wait to see the rest of yalls trip!

@mszgigi0518 3 ай бұрын

If those trees could talk 😢 ❤️‍🩹 I’m grateful to my ancestors without them I wouldn’t be here. 🫶🏾

@diannegerspacher9062 Жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see more of Alaska! I enjoyed the totem bight state park in Ketchikan. Also the lumber jack show there. Blessings to you both 🙏💕

@jodielemoine7157 Жыл бұрын

OMG....I wish I would have known you were in my neck of the woods. Thank you for another wonderful video!

@stacylascelles2073 Жыл бұрын

I went to both plantations when I was there. I found them both very educational. I love the food there eat everything.!

@lcflngn Жыл бұрын

Sherri & Adam, I loved how you presented/contextualized your two plantation visits. I did a lot of college history work on US slavery, and clearly it’s so crazy heavy. Also not all that long ago… Haven’t been down to the South, but hope to one day. I also can’t believe you did all this on no sleep. As my dad used to say “you’re young yet”! All the ❤️

@SusannaM Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very interesting tours. I really appreciate your research and bringing me along. I don't think I will visite US and am grateful for an honest tour of both plantations.

@irodriguez3824 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised to see how the inside of the plantation home was. Not what I imagined. This vlog definitely tug😅ged at the heartstrings. So happy you are able to take this trip. Drive safely.

@derricklegg9612 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking us on your tours. We are going to have a daughter move to Mississippi here soon. Good thing to go visit when we are down there. Love you guys always!

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Wait, WHAAAAAT?! Clearly we need to chat soon!

@nancyvozella3841 Жыл бұрын

That was powerful !

@genacook9309 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing the experience. Great energy.😉

@LeggLife 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! We're glad you enjoyed it :)

@tonieliddle5098 Жыл бұрын

This was so interesting. Thank you for bringing us along. I have been to NOLA many times. I want to do a plantation tour next time I am in the area.

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

We would really recommend doing Whitney by it self, or Whitney and another plantation. We think the story Whitney tells us so important that it needs to be included

@cheryltoolin5601 Жыл бұрын

Have fun!!!

@joanpellillo2981 3 ай бұрын

So glad I could took pictures in Oak alley !

@nitabackes9670 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tour. So heavy, but so important for us to know and remember and FIX.

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Heavy and important. Perfect way to describe it

@beautifulone3249 9 ай бұрын

It can never be fixed

@Video-ox8uf Жыл бұрын

Thank you for plantation tour. - loved mickey earrings

@beatricek3801 Жыл бұрын

I have been to a plantation in the south, visiting the slave cabins also hit very hard .. just the imagination of those people living there… a lot to process.. thank you for sharing..

@tonyaruth2527 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the honest take on these plantations. I’m the same I want to see both sides of the stories. And Sherri and I are spice sisters. I think black pepper is spicy!!!

@ginaperez1804 Жыл бұрын

Great video sorry about the flight! Can wait till you see lecrae

@arielathome23 Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend visiting Laura Plantation if your ever back in the area, it gives the view point of Créole Heritage. Thank you for visiting the plantations and getting the message out there. It really helps us learn the ugly truth of the past and helps create awareness to the topic. Nottaway is a good one to visit also, they talk about the the plantations that had silver coins put into the banisters and what that meant.

@damitdaina Жыл бұрын

Who is cutting onions at 7:26 am my heart breaks for how people were treated and is still be treated.

@tammyhanson7843 Жыл бұрын

Super fantastic ❤

@warrenblanchard889 Жыл бұрын

Welcome! Hope you enjoy

@diannewelch8380 Жыл бұрын

Nawlins, y’all! 🤗❤️

@egarduno011 Жыл бұрын

I didn't take the Whitney Plantation tour with you both, but I felt the sadness coming from both of you as if you both had heavy hearts.

@livingweirdestherc6644 Жыл бұрын

That was so sad and heartbreaking. I’m sure I would’ve cried on that tour

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

There were definitely tears shed

@dancieteague6854 Жыл бұрын

Lake Charles great place. Welcome to Texas you are so close.all the food looked so good. Sleep well. That bridge my brother one nite his team heading home ran across a gator. They gang together and got it safely to a better place. He said was not easy. But needed to be done. So watch out for friends with teeth. Have safe travels.

@kathystoner4901 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@magscar2607 Жыл бұрын

So interesting! I recently watched a documentary on the politics during that time period. I don’t know why I didn’t remember this from school, but I was shocked that slavery lasted 244 years! I didn’t think it was that long!😞

@theresa7744 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos always “honey” 😉 😂😂😂😂

@AlaskanBearsVlogs Жыл бұрын

Oh how I wish we had time to visit the plantations. We actually thought we had an extra day in front of the cruise but we don’t 😅 see you soon!

@rachellbourgeois6941 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to my home State ❤

@terriefirmin3190 Жыл бұрын

About 40 miles from oak Alley is Nottoway..very big antebellum home. In Natchez Mississippi there all many old antebellum homes..also on the Mississippi.

@disneydogs3003 Жыл бұрын

Love this vlog the Plantation was very enjoyable. Those Mickey ears in the shop were so cute, I would have snatched them up in a minute. Hope you guys get plenty of rest! ❤ 😊

@amyleonard416 Жыл бұрын

Yes, when in New Orleans and surrounding areas they do call you sweet names. Names for things do get pronounced differently like pralines. In Texas, some of the HEB stores are super nice. The newer ones. Some are older and dull.

@crystalpistol4941 Жыл бұрын

As much as yall travel, invest in some Bose sound canceling over the earphones. So worth it!

@Jbeaty0507 Жыл бұрын

I lol’d at the Audio A reference 19:30

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Ha! Glad someone else appreciated it

@RachelCheyann Жыл бұрын

The way you talk about the experience of Whitney Plantation sounds a lot like our experience at the National Civil Rights Museum. It's hard and heavy, but something everyone should do.

@Daryanadnan23 9 ай бұрын

omg that's braithwaite manor

@andylynn5067 Жыл бұрын

❤❤

@JW-es5un Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. I want to take my only Granddaughter (only grandchild) who is A BEAUTIFUL BI-RACAL YOUNG LADY on a tour of many Plantations. I need her to be proud of who she is & understand what happened.. I get so emotional just thinking about slavery. But we must teach & REMEMBER TO NEVER LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF. MAY GOD GIVE REST & PEACE TO ALL WHO WENT THROUGH THIS TIME IN AMERICA INCLUDING THE CIVIL WAR. AMEN GOD BLESS FROM JULIE WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FARMLAND ✝️🇺🇸😊🙏🚜

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

I have no doubt that there will be many tears and many emotions when you visit Whitney. It’s the kind of place we will never forget

@AngiBelle1 Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Florida, I often heard people say that you have to go north to go south. The further north you are in FL, the more Southern the culture is. 😆

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Honestly, that makes total sense having been there!

@alicezamora7308 Жыл бұрын

Loved the Mickey earrings in the gift shop! You mentioned Sherri had recently read “Till Death” - who’s the author? More details about the book please?

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

The author of Till Death is actually one of our LeggLife community members! Her name is Breck Suzanne.

@alicezamora7308 Жыл бұрын

@@LeggLife thank you!

@summerrain7915 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Your video really inspired me to learn more about the slavery in the US. I’m not American, I’m from Israel. Obviously, I’ve heard about the slavery and the civil war, but not the specific details, and it really made me think that I should educate myself more about that part of history. Especially when you said that it reminded you of the holocaust museum. I’ve had holocaust survivors in my family, and at least third of the people of my grandparent’s generation in Israel were holocaust survivors. I’ve heard many stories and met many people, and many families are still living with the trauma. So much of human suffering begins with people not seeing others as humans too. Thanks for taking us with you to this experience, and I’m going to look for a book or a documentary about slavery now.

@VeronicaRonniDorval2638 Жыл бұрын

Watch Roots!

@VeronicaRonniDorval2638 Жыл бұрын

President Lincoln is my favorite president! No urge to visit property that treated people like they did..

@traceydriver3171 Жыл бұрын

I’m still watching the video but wanted to point out that around 19:27-19:32 where you mention the trees. Let’s not forget that slaves were hanged very often so I’m sure those trees tell a different story that isn’t quite as “amazing” as you described.

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt you’re correct. And the gardens that today are filled with beautiful flowers is land that was tilled by the sweat and blood of those who were enslaved. We certainly tried to not hide that fact in this video.

@susanbarnett761 Жыл бұрын

Cravat is french for tie

@kylethecatholic Жыл бұрын

Alligator feet were back scratchers

@esgee2464 5 ай бұрын

Is there free parking?

@kristin6338 Жыл бұрын

It is a struggle to see how curated Oak Alley is to help people avoid the ugliness that lived there for so long. Even the gift shop is sanitized and full of pretty things. I understand why you went, but I don’t know that I could do the same. That land holds the history of all of the atrocities committed upon it and as beautiful as it is, the reality is so heavy.

@WorldsOkayestBot Жыл бұрын

Those who forget the past are destined to repeat it. We should give people reasons to visit horrible historical sites, to teach them of why these things should never be repeated.

@kristin6338 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldsOkayestBot choosing to spend money or time on a plantation that works to sanitize the past is the not my version of remembrance. That being said, we all choose for ourselves how to acknowledge what happened. I

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

We actually talked a long time about this exact thing. We considered just doing Whitney because of that. However, our thought was that by making a video that included both, perhaps people who are looking for Oak Alley (which is significantly more visited than Whitney) information on KZfaq would get a view of both, rather than the (highly) sanitized version of just Oak Alley. We would do both of them, we would do just Whitney, but we would not do just Oak Alley.

@WorldsOkayestBot Жыл бұрын

@@kristin6338 you can choose to look at it as sanitizing the past, or you can look at it as giving people a reason to want to come there in hopes of learning something. I just tend to be more charitable with my perception of peoples intentions. Perhaps I’m naive. Perhaps not.

@kristin6338 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldsOkayestBot I am not questioning Adam and Sherri’s intentions. I am simply stating my own, very personal view. And I don’t think you are naive. The solemnity of the Whitney experience seemed to be purposefully missing at Oak Alley. And I don’t think that ugly history has to be made pretty to make it palatable for people who might otherwise deny it. People are not owed comfort when confronting a history of brutality and oppression.

@ashleysisson6903 Жыл бұрын

Love this! Oak Alley has been on my bucket list for so many years. And I think I heard you right… you’re staying in Lake Charles? I’ve been to Louisiana twice in my childhood bc my dad was a construction superintendent on a couple of stores in Lake Charles, one being a Walmart.

@LeggLife Жыл бұрын

Yeah, we stayed in Lake Charles for one night passing through! If you do a plantation tour we REALLY recommend Whitney or Whitney and Oak Alley. We think the story Whitney tells us absolutely necessary