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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 ...
This article will concentrate on the Civil War years at the Rosedown Plantation in Louisiana and the diaries of Martha Turnbull. Martha did not have the luxury of keeping her diary during the war ...
Schrader filmed most of the flick at two St. Francisville historic sites, Greenwood Plantation B&B and Rosedown Plantation.
Schrader filmed most of the flick at two St. Francisville historic sites, Greenwood Plantation B&B and Rosedown Plantation.
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 ...
An exhibition about slave life at Rosedown Plantation in Lousiana sparked criticism after describing enslaved people as "happy" and "well taken care of." ...
Using a Louisiana Preservation Alliance list, we tour Monroe’s Grand Street, St. Francisville’s Rosedown Plantation, Bunkie’s Bennett Store, a sawmill at Long Leaf and Shreveport’s Pump ...
Until two years ago, a sign at Rosedown, the most visited plantation in the state, described enslaved people as “ happy” with a “natural musical instinct.
Slaves at Rosedown Plantation, the state’s most visited historical site, were “happy” and had “a natural musical instinct,” claimed the wordin… ...
It is uncertain when the throng of tourists and buses will return to Rosedown Plantation, but when they do the vast sea of color flowing from the historic gardens will ...