Laura Plantation Tour: Real Stories of Creole History
Description
You will hear the personal stories of four generations of a Louisiana Creole family, including personal, authentic stories of the enslaved people that lived their lives on Laura Plantation. You will get to visit the 1805 “Maison Principale”, the gardens, and the original 1840s enslaved cabins where the Louisiana stories of Compair Lapin were recorded. These intimate stories about four generations of free and enslaved members of the Creole families who lived here were gleaned from handwritten memoirs and archival documents from the United States and France. Each story told is a true, personal account of the women, children and men who spent their lives on this sugar farm.
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Itinerary
Take a guided tour offered daily in English and French. Your tour includes the Maison Principale, gardens, and original 1840s slave cabins. Hear stories of four generations of one Louisiana Creole family, free and enslaved.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Good walking shoes suggested
- A portion of the tour takes place outdoors
- Only the ground floor of the main house is ADA accessible
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Reviews(1,328)
We really enjoyed this tour - even our teenagers did as well. Our tour guide, Diana, was very informative, kept the tour moving along, but also took the time to answer all of the group’s questions.
Our Guide (Miariam)? Was very knowledgeable and did an amazing job. I took my kids on Juneteenth to learn their history and where some of our ancestors may have came from. Would love to come back to do The Union Soldier tour.
Thank you so much for visiting and for this positive review. We look forward to welcoming you back for the Union Soldiers tour!
It was a great experience we had a good time.
Thank you for visiting !
Very informative. I loved the history of the women. The information on the slaves was sobering but necessary and important to hear.
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A very beautiful visit with a guide (Émilie) who is very dedicated and brings life and humanity to History. We highly recommend it!
Amélie sera ravie de savoir que vous avez été touchés par son approche à l'histoire du site. Merci de votre visite et d'avoir pris le temps d'écrire cet avis.
We got there a little early and were glad we did as it gave us time to tour the museum and gift shop before the tour. The museum is very informative. We had a very knowledgeable tour guide; and she told us how this was one of the largest plantations on the Mississippi. We toured the house. The kitchen area was not attached to the house. We saw where it used to be. We toured the slave quarters. It is a well preserved plantation.
Thanks for visiting and for this great review!
A good historical lesson, very interesting
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Brilliant and thought-provoking tour of this beautiful plantation. Our tour guide, Andrea, was wonderful and spoke with such knowledge and passion. Well worth the hassle of hiring a car for the day. We thoroughly enjoyed the day (if enjoy is the right word)!
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. Andrea will delighted that you enjoyed her tour.
An essential guided tour of this plantation, which is a must on our road trip in the southeastern USA. Thanks to Luce for making this visit fascinating.
Merci de votre visite et de ce retour positif. Luce sera ravie de savoir que le tour vous a plu !
Very poor experience. Our young mexican guide did not know much about the history and could not answer any questions outside what someone had taught her. We had been to several of the plantations in the area and had a pretty good understanding of the history. Her answers did not make much sense at all when we asked questions outside of her speech. I felt like she did a very big disservice to the history of the area.
Since opening to the public in 1994, Laura Plantation has been a model of historic interpretation that reflects the diverse cultures, backgrounds, languages, and identities that have always characterized Louisiana. We are proud that this diversity is visible and audible today in our professional, multilingual historic interpreters. For anyone who might read this review it is clear that the tone and language are both xenophobic and demeaning to the knowledge and years of experience of our staff member who has lived in the area for most of her life. To state that she is inarticulate and has no knowledge of local history is not only incorrect, it is insulting to everyone at Laura Plantation who strives to provide a quality experience to our guests.
