This daily painting is a result of my trip to Laura Plantation in southern Louisiana last summer. Laura Plantation was just beautiful and I found these roses climbing a picket fence. As lovely as it was, I felt a dark cloud hung over the place as the spirit of slaves were in the air. The tiny slave cabins could not be ignored, nor the fact that the grounds were maintained by them also.
In spite of that, it was an interesting tour and very informative too. The staff were well educated in the plantations history and gave us much insight into life on the plantation.
Laura Plantation is a Creole plantation and not what you expect when the word "plantation" comes into your mind. No big white house with huge pillars but a modest Louisiana home. The big white house we all think of is from "American Plantations", which we also visited. It was just what we had expected, but I found it very strange that "slaves" were hardly mentioned during our tour there.
All in all, it was an interesting and informative day and I highly recommend the trip. Here is a link to Laura Plantation's website:
http://www.lauraplantation.com
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