Whitney Plantation: Beautiful and Beastly

[@lesha673]

I visited The Whitney Plantation some years ago. It was evocative, as it created an overwhelming feelings of pain, hurt and injustice. However this plantation was also beautiful, powerful and necessary...Being there told my heart stories of our people a story many people of color, most of us are unable to learn or trace.

[@ninam6206]

Just watched this , beautifully done. I’m from New Zealand and never heard of this Plantation until reading about it, then came looking for more information. Been to the States twice but never to the Southern States.

[@tristanbhampton444]

I just discovered your channel. It's so awesome! Thank you for all the great content.

[@billboudreaux1]

Thank you!!!

[@misskitty2133]

Lovely tour. The big plantation houses in the south do invoke romance a la ‘gone with the wind’ but one must realize that most harbored horrible secrets..of enslaved HUMAN BEINGS toiling in the unbearably hot sun. Which I can relate to as I hate summer heat, can’t imagine what they endured. Beatings, rape, families torn apart. The hopelessness of being a slave. It really boggles my mind.

[@jesusreigns005]

Thank you so much for this. The information you provided through your commentary was so interesting! I'm a white woman, living in Colorado, but a serious history buff and I've always wondered what slave life was like before the Civil War. I've read the Slave Narratives but SEEING the places and the environment really pulls it all together. It's a beautiful property with a horrifying history. You taught me a lot today. Thank you.

[@billboudreaux1]

So glad you enjoyed the video!

[@TheJourneyofGeminiandNoble]

Thank you Dr. B for sharing. I am going to head that way this fall. My ancestors came from a plantation in Avoyelles, LA. Years before when I would visit I would always get an eerie feeling. I understand now, I may have felt their suffering. I will comeback, and attempt to identify where we came from. Love the videos, and the commentary.

[@lindawalton2906]

My friends and I completed this amazing tour a few years ago. So Aw inspiring. The guide was wonderful and knowledgeable.

[@billboudreaux1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@geraldfer]

Thank you for this Sir!! I will make a trip from Alabama to see this place for myself...and...reflect

[@dreamdisturber]

You’re so good at this. Great commentary. I’m starting at Whitney next week as a historical interpreter and remember you have a video from here so I came to check it out.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

I have been sensitive my entire life. I'm 63 now and I have NEVER considered it a blessing. I have seen, things, heard things and felt things for as long as I can remember. Some buildings I go in, I can't stay in I get physically ill. Headaches, light headed, stomach pain. Depends on the place, property, building, even burial grounds. I love history, I always have but every single place affects me differently.

[@sharonsavage337]

I'm the same way I know people think I'm strange but I know this is real.

[@sionapink1560]

Your an empath dear with clairsentient abilities. I am also gifted as well it’s not a bad thing. You must learn to have healthy coping skills to live a healthy life.

[@franriddiough2228]

Great video. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@billboudreaux1]

Thanks for watching!

[@1aikane]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the great tour.

[@billboudreaux1]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@artqueen691]

Thank you for this video. I have been wanting to visit !

[@billboudreaux1]

Thank you! You should visit Louisiana. It’s a great place.

[@JewelEzra]

Heartbreaking history of how horrible people can be in the treatment others.

[@storieswithgrandma1068]

I have been to many plantations this was my favorite.

[@firecracker3911]

Very thought provoking. Thanks

[@robertrockwell7581]

God bless DR B . stay safe.

[@cristinmccloud1980]

How horrific this plantation had prison cells. Thank you for sharing.

[@billboudreaux1]

Yes, it's an important part of our history.

[@guineveregruntle6746]

You need to read Vestiges of Grandeur regarding the various plantations along the River Road in Louisiana. A lot of French architecture (not antebellum). A lot of pigeonniers found on the properties.

[@billboudreaux1]

Thank you for your suggestion. I’ll check it out!!

[@consumerdebtchitchat]

I would use the word historic before I would use the word beautiful where people were enslaved from birth to death under whips and lashes.

[@billboudreaux1]

Excellent point. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheHoodVoice2024]

, i guess common sense isn't so common

[@susanwilliams1958]

TY I grew up in the Midwest. I had no idea! How the enslaved people suffered.😢

[@vickietaylor2850]

They didn’t put the sugar cane stalks in the pots! They squeezed the juice out with a stone and mules .

[@angelwings2265]

Sound quality is horrid. Which is bad, cause it is pretty certain this was good video to hear

[@billboudreaux1]

Unfortunately, I forgot my microphone so I had to use what I had. It was disappointing (and windy) and I thought about coming back, but it was a beautiful day and there were so few people--which was nice. Thanks for sharing!

[@angelwings2265]

Ty Dr B, for explaining. I would have really enjoyed hearing what you had to say.

[@autumnleaf.]

It looks like the house in a Mel Gibson movie (the Patriot).

[@JohnSmith-uo8yu]

That is French architecture

[@billboudreaux1]

May I ask, which particular features allows allows you to identify as French? Thanks!!

[@JohnSmith-uo8yu]

The double pen gabled structures using milled wood beams and front porches are just as one would find in French colonies in the tropics. French code dictated the size and blueprints to use to maximize comfort and efficiency in the colonies. The architecture certainly did not originate from the bantu

[@charlesburns6166]

The Antioch Baptist Church has a little Gothic Revival going on too.

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