Rosedown Plantation is visited more than any other of the state’s 19 historical sites – attracting 28,251 visitors for the fiscal year that ended June 30 and 16,791 visitors since then, ...

During my recent visit to my son’s home in Louisiana we toured a Southern plantation called Rosedown in St. Francisville, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The beginning gardens were taken care of by ...

After 1861 life at Rosedown Plantation was never the same. The Civil War broke out in April, followed by the death of Daniel Turnbull (husband of Martha), followed by the Federal Troops invading ...

Walk into the Rosedown Plantation’s music room and you may hear the same sound that was played there in the 19th century. The home dates back to 1835. Nestled among moss draped oaks, here your ...

After 1861 life at Rosedown Plantation was never the same. The Civil War broke out in April, followed by the death of Daniel Turnbull (husband of Martha), followed by the Federal Troops invading ...

Another historic plantation home is the Oakley House, where artist and naturalist John James Audubon once worked as a tutor for the plantation owner's daughter. Both Rosedown and Oakley House, as ...

The Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, USA, circa 1960. (Photo by Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images) By Breanna Edwards · Updated October 23, 2020 ...

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program. Archives of American ...

Slaves at Rosedown Plantation, the state’s most visited historical site, were “happy” and had “a natural musical instinct,” claimed the wording of an official exhibit sign at the state ...

An exhibition about slave life at Rosedown Plantation in Lousiana sparked criticism after describing enslaved people as "happy" and "well taken care of." ...