Destrehan Plantation Tour | Life of a House Slave and Field Slave

[@charlisays]

Such an interesting tour guide. She's telling people's stories without sensationalising them which is valuable.

[@CultureTrekking]

agree

[@mr.weirdandwild5123]

I remember taking tours of plantations around Louisiana when i was elementary its crazy the emotion's you go through visiting those places i remember getting home and telling my mom i think i heard the ancestors voices in the wind flowing through the bayou oaks she smiled the biggest smile ive ever seen

[@CultureTrekking]

I completely get what you mean by that!! I felt that too! I gave the guide a hug at the end and started crying a little - their souls are free and I think they finally feel seen which is what I think all humans want.

[@malcolmmccrory2200]

They made billions off the backs of my ancestors, while being as disrespectful as possible to them. This i could never forgive or forget. My heart goes out to my ancestors. I live everyday for them. Thank you for showing this.

[@CultureTrekking]

🙏 prayers, love and light

[@jms5752]

It’s so tragic how African tribal leaders sold their own people to the whites. I would find that even more unforgivable.

[@moniquewrites9046]

The Lord has brought my people from a mighty long way!!

[@CultureTrekking]

It truly is inspiring to me, from such hard circumstances too. The courage and true grit in the face of adversity, humbles me and leaves me in awe.

[@Donny.C.wlWilliams]

@ monique excuse me but the lord didn't lift his finger it was the minds of these women and men we need to get that straight what u do with your sky daddy is your business darlin. Respectfully

[@JB-hl1qx]

My people too... the Irish were treated horrible and with much grace lifted ourselves up from oppression.

[@christopher7952]

@@Donny.C.wlWilliams that's your opinion. I see different

[@BrightAura777]

Tour guide did an amazing job. I hope to visit some day 🤎✨🩷✨🤎

[@tsbonner]

31:50 "Won't bow down! Don't know how...Don't know how! Won't bow down!" Yes, yes! I loved it!

[@koriewilliams7076]

Guardian of the flame

[@CultureTrekking]

that part gave me chills, being there and feeling her strength. Still the most memorable travel moment to date.

[@CultureTrekking]

my thoughts exactly

[@cynthiaburgs9484]

Thank you for how you covered this tour. You had heart ❤️, you cared I could really feel that. You were so kind, Respectful, and you didn't distant yourself from the enslaved people. Once again thank you, u help heal my heart. God is good.❤

[@CultureTrekking]

Really that means a lot. Thank u so much

[@Purpbehbey]

Never forget our Ancestors! 💜

[@CultureTrekking]

❤️

[@Purpbehbey]

@@CultureTrekking thanks for the upload! I really enjoyed it.

[@angrychristian6340]

Their our mother's and father's, refrain distanced terminology like "ancestors", this was a little over a century ago, that's great great grandparents.

[@AdolfBushka]

Forgotten long ago.

[@Charlesmarcel-ee4ke]

You mean your ancestors good luck with that one🤦🏼‍♀️

[@triskelehearth]

I hope this doesn't seem like a trivial thing to have struck me, but I absolutely love the clothing the tour guide is wearing. It's simple/unfussy while being elegant and flattering.

[@CultureTrekking]

Loved the story behind it too. The enslaved women were required to wear it to identify them as slaves as some of the children were mixed and were required to be identified as enslaved.

[@triskelehearth]

Oh, yes that's right, I've read that about the headscarves that became so iconic of Creole women.@@CultureTrekking

[@AzulFyre]

Wow! That's definitely one of the more thorough tours I've seen. So heartbreaking. I love learning about all the cultural influences too. I'm glad Dianne pointed out that only 2% of slaves could actually buy their freedom, before the law was rescinded anyway. It's like giving people false hope since they had to get permission from their "master" to be able to do it. Also, the fact that they have to hire someone to come and "appraise" them for value. That's disgusting. I imagine the feeling about deciding if a slave owner was fair is similar to people who get asked if George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were "nice" to their slaves. They owned people and made their fortune off of death, torture, and misery.

[@CultureTrekking]

Exactly, it was really a transformational tour for me to be honest. I feel like every American should see this (well for those who it won't trigger anyway). I didn't realize it was only 2% and is like dangling a carrot in front of someone without actually giving them the carrot. Can you imagine someone 'appraising' you? Ugh, I got so angry, sad and all sorts of emotions on this tour. ESPECIALLY for Dianne because being a slave descendant from the plantation owner himself means her great.....grandmother was likely raped by this man she has to deem as 'fair' in order to be diplomatic. The strength and good heart this woman has and passion to continue to educate despite the obvious familial trauma that has happened in this place brought me to tears.

[@CultureTrekking]

@@myrnawashington9057 exactly, I sincerely started to tear up at how much pain the women here must have endured.

[@Mathilda5xp]

@@CultureTrekking As well as the girls. Some of them as young as 12years of age were sexually abused by the Plantation owners and their sons. Filthy pigs!

[@NOTOFBUTIN5]

@@CultureTrekking I can tell that you really went into this with a humane heart and could be thoughtful and put 2 and 2 together to see how she could be a descendant and how that 2% was such a cruel joke. The men were also raped, often in front of their own families (buckbreaking). Some were made to sleep with their own mothers sometimes (hence the cuss word). They also were made to breed. Babies were used as alligator bait. There are so many things. I couldn't even treat an animal like that...couldn't even treat my worst enemy this way. At any rate, I'm so glad you showed us your experience. I just saw the Oak Alley tour you did and saw the name of this plantation in one of the comments. I randomly chose this video without knowing it was from you, but was glad once I saw that it was, as I was surprised by how moved you were in the oak alley video. Thanks again.

[@williamshelton4150]

@@NOTOFBUTIN5 What absurd nonsense.

[@simpar3097]

u can say what u want about what happened there but this is what plantations should be nowadays... a place of learning and education :D the building is beautiful , love the architecture :)

[@Sundeicolors]

A person who owns another person or persons should never be described as FAIR! Evil yes! Fair?Hell No! Thanks for documenting and sharing this. I've been wanting to visit this plantation someday soon.

[@CultureTrekking]

That is exactly why I asked Dianne what SHE thought. I think being a tour guide and trying to educate people can be super difficult but she does SUCH a good job and was so grateful she opened up to me about what her actual thoughts were on the matter. You didn't see it, but I was literally tearing up behind the camera because when she was delicately trying to explain all this you could FEEL the pain in the room - humbling and wild to say the least. DEFINITELY go! I think there is a LOT of good things as far as DNA matching and reuniting families that could be done here if they get enough funding. I work in the medical field and think it would be INCREDIBLE to have people who KNOW their families were slaves in this area to be reunited through DNA matching, or at the very least to just know where they come from. I know I find a lot of strength from knowing my ancestors were from Scotland and part of the war called Culloden.

[@NOTOFBUTIN5]

@@CultureTrekkingWhen you mentioned fingerprints in the walls, I thought, I wonder if they can do a DNA match with anything they find?! Interesting. Yes, it is very difficult to not know who in your family was a slave (some of us know from oral history passed down, but not many people know). There is a website called Slave Voyages where you see the slave trade in real time via little moving dots from Africa to various destinations. You can click on any of the dots, which represent ships, and see what cargo was on the ships. You can see the names of the slaves and where they came from. Many were taken from "Negroland" or "Ouidah/Whiddah/Judah," as they were Jews. Some of their names also represent this (Obadiah, Moriah, any name ending like this, for example...even Harriet Tubman actually had a hebrew name originally, according to her descendants...) when you look at the names of those listed under "cargo." I hope you check it out and share. Lastly, the Library of Congress also has a catalog of recordings of interviews with slaves who lived quite a long life and gave first-hand, audio accounts of their slave experiences.

[@user-ml3pg9tm7n]

Cause Idgaf how “NICE” you were to your slaves! YOU STILL HAD EM!!!

[@joeylandry4193]

Wish she have mention how the biggest and most slave owners in Louisiana was black and mix. That’s something a lot of people fail to tell us.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

@@joeylandry4193 and that the most slaves alive TODAY are in Africa held by other Africans

[@ignaciatishner233]

Excellent job you two did explaining the life of slaves 👍❤️👍

[@CultureTrekking]

Thank you! Really appreciate that!

[@savinghistory642]

where did they do all the raping?

[@jettabanker]

This was right on time! I took the Whitney Plantation tour and was blown away. I will be in Nola in November and will take this tour with family. Thank you so much for posting this. I cant wait to visit.

[@CultureTrekking]

Glad it was helpful! Yes, I feel like touring Whitney and taking a tour with Dianne should be mandatory for every single person in the USA.

[@MalcolmTexxx]

The money goes to the former slave owning family,, Mary destrahan is running for office in destrahan LA, as of 2022. I went on this tour, no black employees in sight... But the Gator jerkys good, and our tour guide was pleasant, and remembered our names, well the first letter of mine... But the 6 others she got

[@mareerogers364]

The Whitney Plantation is a must visit ❤❤❤❤

[@troyjentravel1675]

So cool to see the cultural influences with the food, love me some good gumbo.

[@CultureTrekking]

NOLA and LARP are definitely known for delicious food

[@b_dub8414]

Only 3 miles from my house. A lot of my childhood was passing by it and taking history field trips here

[@CultureTrekking]

Wow - so crazy! I bet u have the BEST crawfish boils. Passed by such a fun looking party while there - made me want to join in.

[@b_dub8414]

@CultureTrekking they are pretty good I must say

[@mikeymjh]

A first class tour guide who was clear and informative a great video

[@CultureTrekking]

She really is

[@katy8792]

Except some of her facts were incorrect and her opinion added in.

[@mikeymjh]

Off course your correct after being enslaved all your life with all the facts you could only be right

[@mikeymjh]

@katy8792 you could only be correct discounting what was already been proven

[@Creole164]

Just happened on your page. As a Louisiana Creole I can appreciate your travels around our state. My great aunt hand made tignons.

[@CultureTrekking]

Wow! That is incredible! I feel like when we know our ancestors, we can get a lot of strength from them, strength through trials, and survival.....no matter how hard life gets they went through harder times & makes carrying on a little easier knowing we have a legacy rooting for us. (My ancestors were part of Culloden and the Scottish rebellions.)

[@jpb544188]

Diane was very informative. This is the best tour I've watched on YT so far

[@CultureTrekking]

Wow, thank you! I'm so happy to hear that. I felt like it wasn't necessary for me to be on camera and take her words. That's the point of all of it anyway, to amplify the voices that need to be heard. Meeting her truly changed my life and I think it was destiny to do this with her. We both ended up crying at the end because of a special connection that was made. Thanks for being here and watching :)

[@willmaharvey145]

Awesome interview! Thanks Janiel, and see you soon.

[@CultureTrekking]

Means so much Willma! Can't wait!

[@reginawilliams1398]

Thank you for this video. The slave owners was pure evil.

[@savinghistory642]

good for you. you got the 'white man bad' indoctrination.

[@iwonka]

Fascinating and terrifying all in one.

[@CultureTrekking]

My thoughts exactly.... such a weird paradox of feelings

[@iwonka]

@@CultureTrekking I just finished watching the entire thing and it is amazing to know this history. I can't fathom the treatment of other human beings in such ways and it is astounding, daunting to think of its impacts even to this day. Thanks for this video. Very well done with great editing. I'm glad I found you and followed. (I own a Subaru in which I travel around as well) Looking forward to getting through all your videos. THis is the sort of content I love. Please keep going and I will do my part to spread the word.

[@CultureTrekking]

@@iwonka OMG! This seriously just made my DAY!!! I just saw this comment for some reason. It is SOOOOO MUCH work to do 6-20 hours of research, make sure your pronouncing things right, scripting the video, getting the shots, not disturbing other guests/travelers, hours of editing, the anxiety of showing something so important and knowing I'm a white woman trying to tell a story of those who were enslaved.....I felt very inadequate doing this but I sincerely try so incredibly hard to get the story right. So glad to have you here and your comment is one I'm going to save when things get hard on the back end of producing. (BIG VIRTUAL HUG)

[@youngcpt2423]

@@iwonka yes it is trying living by the popeye's from down the road from this place I mean at night time it feels so creepy around that area I use to hear noises in my ex girlfriend place I was so done with that area

[@NOTOFBUTIN5]

@@iwonka Thank you for this comment, there are many effects that still continue to this day. Many. I appreciate your compassion. Compassion makes the world a better place.

[@BallymurphyBabe]

Very well done video! I enjoyed watching it.

[@CultureTrekking]

Thank you so much

[@robinnmangual9464]

Excellent video! Thank you for showcasing this valuable history that a lot of people try so hard to forget. You and the tour guide gave the enslaved dignity and so much respect. I have now added this to my list of historical places to visit.

[@CultureTrekking]

Reading how much it’s meant to so many people makes me really proud of trying to focus on stories like this that are so important to people. Thanks for being here and for the comment - means the world to me, truly.

[@happyjubilee4021]

Thank you for this valuable information 💗

[@CultureTrekking]

Thanks for watching and huge shout out to Dianne and Destrehan for continuing to teach things that need to be heard, felt and seen

[@Chrissy_T85]

My soul cries!!!!! Omg!!!! We have and still persevere through so many things, including racism.

[@CultureTrekking]

❤️❤️❤️❤️😢

[@ednakelley814]

Do you mind sharing what racism you have personally experienced. Thanks in advance for sharing.

[@Chrissy_T85]

@ednakelley814 I've experienced a lot. Especially when I first moved to the south over 20 years ago. I was at the grocery store, and a non-black woman came up to me and said to me she can't stand the n word. I also encountered many of non black people working retail stores, and they have this thing of throwing your change down. I have zero tolerance for that. Many tried to pick fights and never won, of course. As an adult, I've had so many managers reject my application once they found out I was black because I don't have the "typical" African American name. Not being promoted....so much.

[@ednakelley814]

@@Chrissy_T85 Ya go. I remember walking to work with my lunch and about 7 black kids threw rocks at me while I was walking back to work. The rock hit me and alos busted by drink where I lost it. I remember wlaking out of a busiess late at night and getting robbed at gun point by two black people. Yes, I agree with you. Racisim is terrible

[@Chrissy_T85]

@@ednakelley814 Omg! Wow! People are cruel🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@williemuhammad80]

Very informative! Such a great tour guide, I some of the Slavery history this area, I have visited also the areas, i know people of many generations of that state, Very tough and the scars of trauma are still present unfortunately thanks 😊 sharing

[@CultureTrekking]

For sure! Glad you liked it!!

[@jayl8547]

Wow! That’s all I have is wow. The culture is so beautiful.

[@CultureTrekking]

The music they created together was unreal

[@jenniferk.7023]

Amazing! Thank you to the guides, as well. This was so informative and beautifully done.

[@CultureTrekking]

That truly means so much - definitely wouldn’t be any kind of video without Diane for sure.

[@prestonthomas9406]

The really sad part about slavery is that it still exists today around the world.

[@CultureTrekking]

exactly, in many different forms as well.

[@savinghistory642]

well it is eeasier to whine about something that no longer than to try and stop something currently going on.

[@mareerogers364]

In America today. Mississippi to be exact!

[@carolinechaney-davenport4756]

I had the opportunity to visit the Whitney plantation in Louisiana and it certainly gave me a new perspective and a new appreciation for freedom. I truly sympathize with those that had to live through slavery. Saddens my heart!

[@CultureTrekking]

agree, thanks for letting me know about the Whitney Plantation - I need to go back to see that one.

[@82566]

So well done appreciate the attention to detail and ur compassion in narration. I cannot wait to visit a plantation one day . Like the sparse # of black enslaved pioneers who traveled w the wagon trains , lived & died in utah I admire the " no choice just keep moving " perseverance in their spirit .

[@CultureTrekking]

oh for sure! I didn't even know that about slaves being forced to walk to Utah. I live in Utah so I TRULY appreciate that information.

[@82566]

@@CultureTrekking its really interesting their is one ( Sam no last name given ) who is buried in the Salt Lake City cemetary up by the capital . I live in utah as well btw thank u for ur Utah adventures series 😉anyway I really dove into the subject of enslaved Pioneers out this way ,their treatment especially being affiliated w the predominant religion out here was sad really but thats a whole other rabbit hole 😉😅 . Hope you have an amazing 2022 full of fun adventures ✨️

[@cristinmccloud1980]

Thank you for sharing this. So important, especially now. Everyone needs to be educated about the truth of how life really was.

[@CultureTrekking]

Absolutely- thank you for watching- means a lot

[@barbaradesimone5995]

This was very hard to listen to and watch. My heart is still full for everyone who Suffered in slavery.

[@CultureTrekking]

I agree. I watch it once a year just to remember and keep those in mind who are still effected by the generational trauma of it. It wasn’t that long ago if you think about it.

[@cherrysweet12345]

@@CultureTrekking true my grandma is 96 an she was a slave an an cuzzins the monster side of america did to my people never a.past ,we still spend slave owner President .money with those monters face on it

[@athensmajnoo3661]

One thing which hurts me real bad is the families getting ripped apart...... husband, wife, kids all SOLD to different owners😡😡😡😡

[@CultureTrekking]

Yeah that gutted me too - hard to imagine when the kids are taken away 😢

[@auti34]

I know that is just evil

[@jms5752]

And many are from the white “masters” and foremen.

[@phoneguy8369]

Hey, thank you so much for filming this part of the Unheard Voices tour at Destrehan! I actually used this video as a source for my research paper on how culinary and agrarian history can be used to emphasize the role and voices of enslaved people on historic plantations-- this was a massive help. :') Truly an awesome experience, super cool (and important!) of Honore to put on a tour like this one.

[@CultureTrekking]

YEAH! So glad it helped! Think the more we talk about this stuff the more healing that can come from it :)

[@jms5752]

It was the South American natives such as Aztecs. Mayan, and Peruvians who introduced the tomato to the Spanish conquistadors in the 15th century who in turn imported the tomato to Italy and Spain. If it wasn’t for ancestral Mexicans there would never be pizza, spaghetti, etc.

[@CultureTrekking]

Interesting!

[@pphedup]

She plays an awesome djembe! Let freedom ring.

[@CultureTrekking]

A-FREAKING-MEN! I literally teared up at the magic that was in that room with the both of them. Truly INCREDIBLE! She is also a voodoo priestess as well so it truly was MAGIC!

[@judithholder2537]

So heartfelt -by both of you. Deep regards.

[@CultureTrekking]

Appreciate that

[@stacielynn6153]

I been binge watching all your videos I love your videos! Thank you so much

[@CultureTrekking]

Omg 😭😭😭😭 you just made my WHOLE YEAR!!!

[@stacielynn6153]

@@CultureTrekking awwwww hun no problem I show appreciation where it’s earned and needed and you definitely earned it and I just love it all :)

[@fadedrose100]

Loved the drumming!

[@CultureTrekking]

Oh for sure! To be in the room it felt like magic beating through you. So so powerful

[@shismith10]

Great history of those who were enslaved in Louisiana.

[@nicolejackson7212]

That was beautiful i hope some day i get to visit Louisiana i really enjoyed the video

[@CultureTrekking]

Thank you! That really means so much!

[@BelledelaGroove]

Very interesting thinking about the field work vs house work. We assume its harder in the field because of the elements, but it seems the house is what actually breaks you ....very interesting.

[@CultureTrekking]

Yeah, I feel like inside the house you would never have a break - just a constant rigor of work and no sleep

[@CHRISTNCALI]

Awesome tour I want to visit now

[@CultureTrekking]

Please do! It will really move you, I promise.

[@sashek8451]

I went to college in New Orleans and have always thought of it as my second home. I wondered the history of sausage there, I never would have associated the German influence! Though the sausage culture where I live here in Missouri is huge thx to all the German immigrants. Go figure all these years later I discover my grandparents were from Old Mines Missouri so about 1/4 of my family tree is nothing but French Canadian names going back 300 years in “America” AND New Orleans. My grandmothers generation (like…WWII generation) was the first to learn English believe it or not. their creole dialect is called “Paw-Paw” French. also discovered I had a great grandparent on the expedition with d’Iberville and was a founder of New Orleans. It’s all felt pretty full circle.

[@CultureTrekking]

Well that was a mind bender to read and HOW COMPLETELY COOL!

[@sashek8451]

Soooo many things have been eerie but all in the best way. History and our ancestors speak when we really tune in, it’s pretty amazing. Genealogy is my favorite way to feed my history addiction no doubt 😂

[@sashek8451]

Loving your channel, btw! Subscribed! ✅🙌 awesome videos!

[@judithholder2537]

The Germans, with their famous engineering talent, designed the levies - or so an old book on New O. stated.

[@NasirCopeland-q3p]

You did a great job with the video. Your gorgeous keep up the good work!!

[@CultureTrekking]

Awe thank you! Gosh that means so much!

[@KarmaJones-k9v]

The head wrap goes even further in our creole heritage...the creole woman of afica wore these in weddings and other ceremonies

[@CultureTrekking]

Amazing 🤩 thank you for that addition!

[@jms5752]

It’s very beautiful. ❤

[@ColetteElizabeth]

Great video. Thanks for sharing 💜

[@CultureTrekking]

Appreciate that 🙏

[@Creole_Lioness]

I wear Tignon everyday . I appreciate this video. I come from Louisiana creole ancestry.

[@CultureTrekking]

Wow - thank you for sharing that! It’s such a beautiful culture despite the troubled past & strength of ancestors I’m sure - feel like the Tignon is a crown in a way

[@Creole_Lioness]

@CultureTrekking absolutely I wear it as my crown

[@emilybrookharrison7562]

This was so well done, informative and healing surprisingly ❤️‍🩹 Thank you for sharing 💜

[@CultureTrekking]

These kind of comments mean the world

[@ForTwoPlease]

It is heartbreaking to hear that "you have to buy your freedom" at that time, an unbelievable notion in today's society.

[@CultureTrekking]

Exactly, and that your master would have to agree on that price before you were awarded your freedom.

[@user-ml3pg9tm7n]

STILL to this day innocent men && women in jail have to buy their freedom….

[@megankenworthy6345]

I love this tour! I love the tour guide and I love the history behind the style.

[@CultureTrekking]

Amen

[@pt4685]

I enjoyed your tour very much. Just a quick correction on the Acadians though.. they were expelled from NB/NS because they refused to swear allegiance to the British Crown.. not because of religion. They had been told earlier that they could keep their language & religion if they'd swear allegiance & they still chose not to. I am in NB.. grew up surrounded by Acadian history.

[@CultureTrekking]

Oh interesting! Thanks for the info for sure!

[@davidtrishhope9841]

Watching from New Zealand

[@CultureTrekking]

Welcome!!! Glad to have you as part of the community

[@rollitupmars]

My family was enslaved here we now live in St. John the Baptist parish not to far from there this is amazing to see I feel for my ancestors ….

[@CultureTrekking]

It was hard not to cry while filming this tbh

[@EscoPicoTrane]

I went to the website but do not see Diane's schedule is there a way to find out what days she's conducting her tours? Thanks

[@CultureTrekking]

I know she has had to shift some things around - but try this website: gumbomarie.com/

[@gareztakat5356]

These women and men enslaved on these plantations were master craftspeople!

[@CultureTrekking]

Amen 🙏

[@lasophiaholloway7391]

God is good and we all are his children and not a one is more important amen

[@CultureTrekking]

Amen 🙏

[@WinterExtra]

Great vid!

[@CultureTrekking]

🙏🙏🙏

[@bluetattoo8634]

Eu simplesmente amei o canal queria que tivesse legenda em português assim daria pra presta mais atenção a historia em si porque eu entendo pouco em inglês. História fascinante! 🥰

[@CultureTrekking]

Certo! Então, se você clicar nas legendas e depois clicar em tradução automática, ela será traduzida automaticamente para você. Eu faço isso com muitos canais onde não é em inglês. Espero que meu canal cresça o suficiente para poder contratar alguém para fazer mais traduções para mim - infelizmente, tudo está saindo do meu próprio bolso e do tempo gasto depois do meu trabalho normal. Estou feliz que você está aqui, porém, e deixe-me saber se isso não funciona para você.

[@User_forbidden]

11:15 so that's why I couldn't sit at the big table as a kid???

[@CultureTrekking]

Lol

[@FootPrintsUC]

Absolutely astonishing!

[@CultureTrekking]

Agree

[@FirstLast-dy4gt]

Beautiful place

[@CultureTrekking]

Agree

[@ilonadouglas1440]

I visited there in 2016 very eerie

[@CultureTrekking]

Agreed

[@judithholder2537]

What most surprised me was on the pasr, when visiting any of these antebellum, gorgeous, grand homes & NO mention forthcoming of WHOSE labor allowed these buildings, fabrics, pots,etc , etc. to be manufactured. Sheeeesh. Magic? No - horror for many & for many generations.

[@CultureTrekking]

Agreed

[@amberrochelle325]

Excellent video! ❤

[@CultureTrekking]

Thank you! 🙏

[@Shermansgreat3257]

Thank U for this.🤜🤛

[@CultureTrekking]

I got you! Trying to do more and more stories like this from around the world. Breaking those cultural barriers ;)

[@melissasturgis]

Thank you for sharing this video with the world because we need to learn about this plantation. Don't forget the suffering of the black people that was here back then.

[@CultureTrekking]

For sure!

[@francisproto7841]

Hello, I'm a french creole west indian from Guadeloupe, I plan to go to louisianna, in the circuit, visits to Rose Down Plantation, Stanton, Laura and Frogmore are planned, I read in the reviews that the guides do not talk about slaves, their living conditions and their contribution to their wealth, which for me is still a lack of respect for their memory, do you think that we should not go as an Afro-descendant, or on the contrary go there as a way of paying homage to these martyrs?!

[@CultureTrekking]

I know there are different guides for different people that visit. I linked this guide’s Instagram in the description box, you can see if she still is doing tours. You can also take the tour with someone else and just keep this video in mind - because regardless I do still think visiting is worth it, and to witness and see for yourself. There are definitely spirits that dwell here that I think try to help teach those that visit. You can also reach out to the Lake Charles Visitors Center and see if they know of a private guide that could take you there as well.

[@ronnie_5150]

No Creole cornbread? You've never had anything so good. 😀

[@CultureTrekking]

My mouth is watering just at the name, was able to have some while visiting and omg …. I need to move down south

[@ronnie_5150]

@@CultureTrekking 💯😁

[@lawandawhite8469]

It sad how the slaves went through so much

[@CultureTrekking]

Agreed

[@dr.debbiewilliams]

I have never seen slaves look that good on film.

[@CultureTrekking]

❤️

[@mareerogers364]

She's not an enslaved person She's a descendant and a tour guide not physically enslaved living in the 21st century😂 I hope this helps you understand!

[@pistolannie6500]

I noticed a little bag around her wrist. I wonder what that was about?

[@CultureTrekking]

It was actually a mask 🙈

[@Astrid-jt8cd]

I used to love gone with the wind but when I think about what the African slaves had to go thru I don't anymore

[@CultureTrekking]

Me too…. 😞

[@Astrid-jt8cd]

It just makes me sad when I think about what they had to go thru

[@nancystevens7447]

Sugar plantations were brutal places for enslaved people,not an easy climate for anyone. They made huge money from sugar and the work force was replaceable.

[@CultureTrekking]

I can’t imagine working in that summer heat or staying in those shacks in a hurricane! So brutal!

[@ANewday19]

At least here on this tour they don’t Sugar coat she’s Very forthright about historical truths

[@datingdiaries1681]

I cannot deal !

[@CultureTrekking]

😢

[@jeffjones9689]

Thnx

[@CultureTrekking]

Means a lot 🥹

[@Hipppedrebel]

I'm black, German, native American and Creole so it's interesting to hear that the native Americans tricked the Germans to come to America because of the French crown. My heritage is rich, plentiful, and beautiful ❤️

[@ptk7240]

If you study from the beginning of time they have been many people of different race being enslaved.

[@CultureTrekking]

True but it doesn’t make it right. Only few benefit when the many remain oppressed.

[@NoBullsh_t]

Everybody did it so that makes it ok, gotcha 👍

[@nicklentaylor]

@@ptk7240 yes. But with black people it somehow became about race. We are the only peoples who still battle with the effects of slavery and racism so please do not normalize it

[@daphnegradney3091]

I am an Honore and Destrehan descendant

[@CultureTrekking]

Amazing

[@stickerbushjohnson5995]

Never forget and never forgive

[@CultureTrekking]

🙏

[@Charlesmarcel-ee4ke]

Why they still have those slave homes standing

[@CultureTrekking]

For all the comments I get on the back end of people not believing that slavery happened that I'm deleting, it just makes it even more important (at least in my mind) to retain these houses to teach people. Same reason they haven't destroyed a lot of horrible places around the world I think.

[@ednakelley814]

Are you suggesting that historic buildings be destroyed?

[@kristincabanaw6747]

I took this tour october 2023. It was nothing like this. Very little info. Wow this tour has changed. Sadly they need new tour guides

[@CultureTrekking]

Dang I’m so sorry :(

[@beverlybalius9303]

Here is something most do not know,,, The French Descendants along the Mississippi and Alabama Coastline DID NOT COME FROM CANADA,,,, They came directly from France as well as the Spanish and Italians also came from their Countries …. Even though the French names in Louisiana and Mississippi are the same most are not related, some are related…

[@CultureTrekking]

Thanks for that info :)

[@Hairarchives]

Yes I was told I was of creole descent come to find out my French ancestors come directly from France and the house of Valois. King Francis 1 of France is my x Great Grandfather

[@Hairarchives]

@@user-ll5cc6pg4y Yes it’s Spanish,Irish,German, and African Creole. But what happened over time is the intermixing of all them people led to mulatto/mestizo mixed people, which is why people see Creole people as mulatto.

[@angelinaduganNy]

Both can be true at the same time….

[@almetiYAH]

HALLEUYAH.

[@mvv67564]

I don’t know how Diane could give this tour. My heart is sickened for what black people went through during slavery. If they had been my ancestors, l just could not relive this every day, giving a tour of the wealthy white slave owner’s house. The poor slaves suffered such horrible atrocities.

[@CultureTrekking]

I marvel at her strength and am so grateful for her story for sure

[@get_aclue4218]

He only got out into the fields because he was the owner of the crops and the revenue of the harvest was his and thus his responsibility. Fairness has nothing to do with these men and women of our country’s past. They saw an opportunity to dominate and succeed and they seized it.

[@CultureTrekking]

🙏

[@andreawalker2535]

Destrehan 's actions were not fair nor Christian if he was a Christian.

[@almetiYAH]

I ask do you remember yourself?

[@dee.tyson1]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@CultureTrekking]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰

[@gooodies4u1]

The homestead act of 1860 gave 160 acres of land to those coming to the new world to farm and develop the land and the captured Africans to come cultivate it because they were dying out not knowing how from lack of food. The travesty of it all.

[@CultureTrekking]

Agree

[@cococisco5791]

The history and tour of the plantation was great given by Dianne Honore. But, oh so sad to hear all of the hard work of the slaves from sun up to sun down. The house slaves had it just as bad or worse as the field slaves they were mistreated and raped by their slave masters - don't know why she didn't say that out LOUD!?

[@CultureTrekking]

sometimes the most horrible things we do to each other are hard to verbalize. Proud of her to relaying so much information about her direct ancestors.

[@iniseratulevu3810]

😥😥😥❤️🙏

[@CultureTrekking]

Sending hugs

[@rebeccagraves3137]

The saddest part to me is that they split the families. So evil. Millions of whites lived in such shacks. Most people didn't have a plantation home

[@CultureTrekking]

So true

[@guineveregruntle6746]

The big house was where it was at back in the day.

[@CultureTrekking]

After slavery ended it certainly was a hub to help them find their footing for sure. Prior to that, don’t know if I would call it “happening” beheadings aren’t exactly my idea of fun.

[@guineveregruntle6746]

@@CultureTrekkingBeautiful property.

[@maryedwards8551]

I don’t know if he. Was fair back then I believe he was faker they thought it was last for ever

[@MalcolmTexxx]

Some lady with the last name destrehan is currently running for office in the city of Destrehan.

[@CultureTrekking]

Wow! That’s crazy!

[@danovablue7991]

Nope, I couldn't tell a story of hurt, especially of our mothers and fathers. Please allow the ancestors of evil to explain. I would love to hear their stories.

[@jms5752]

I believe the have footage online of African tribal elders explaining why their ancestors sold their own people to the whites. It’s very interesting and tragic.

[@almetiYAH]

And our ancestors ????