Nottoway is Burning

19/05/2025 12 min

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On May 15, 2025, flames tore through Louisiana's Nottoway Plantation, reducing one of America's largest, largest most lavish antebellum mansions to ashes. Behind the grand columns and gleaming chandeliers lay buried truths of pain, oppression, and exploitation, Black stories glossed over in the narrative of American history.Join me today while we discuss the destruction of NottowayAudio Onemichistory.comFollow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me onTwitter: https://twitter.com/onemichistoryFollow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnemichistoryPlease support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryboi2mSources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum_Southhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottoway_Plantationhttps://www.explorelouisiana.com/lodging/bed-breakfasts-and-guesthouses/nottoway-plantation https://abcnews.go.com/US/nottoway-historic-louisiana-plantation-destroyed-massive-fire/story?id=121876986 AmericanYawp.comRobin D. G. Kelley, Earl Lewis - To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/one-mic-black-history--4557850/support.