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Mystery as Gone With The Wind-style plantation that's one of south's oldest antebellum homes is destroyed by huge blaze
A massive inferno erupted at the historic Nottoway Plantation House in White Castle, Louisiana shortly after 2pm Thursday. A ...
The Largest Antebellum Mansion in the South is Destroyed by Fire
The largest Antebellum mansion in the South, dating back to 1859, has been destroyed by a fire. The fire at Nottoway ...
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Nottoway Plantation Fire Ignites Debate Over Its Future, With Owner Wanting to Rebuild
Some want it rebuilt. Others say it’s time to move on. Nottoway’s destruction is forcing Louisiana to confront what—and ...
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The 10 Most Hilarious Black Memes From the Nottoway Plantation Fire
Although Nottoway was a sugar plantation built and operated by slaves in 1859, unless they are students of history, the ...
Largest antebellum mansion in the south — built in 1859 with 165 rooms — burns to the ground
The largest pre-Civil War mansion in all of the American South burned to the ground as a devastating fire ripped through the ...
America's largest remaining antebellum mansion burns down in devastating fire
Louisiana's historic Nottoway Plantation burned to the ground after a devastating fire broke out on Thursday. Iberville ...
South’s Biggest Antebellum Mansion Mysteriously Burns to Ground
The South’s biggest surviving antebellum mansion was reduced to rubble by a massive fire which was still under investigation ...
Largest Antebellum Mansion in South of America Built in 1859 and Comprising 165 Rooms Burnt to Ashes
Local officials in Iberville Parish are heartbroken and lament the irreparable loss of what had stood as a iconic symbol from ...
America’s largest remaining antebellum plantation home burned down –– Black social media users react
Louisiana’s Nottoway Resort a historic 64-room, 53,000-square-foot plantation home, went up in flames on May 15. Nottoway ...
The Largest Antebellum Plantation In the U.S. Went Up In Flames on Video — Here’s What Happened
On the evening of May 15, the south wing of Nottoway Resort in White Castle, L.A., was engulfed in flames. By 10 p.m., the 64 ...
Owner of largest antebellum mansion in the South hopes to rebuild after devastating fire — as some celebrate its destruction
The home became a museum in the 1980s opening its grand doors, 165 rooms and acre-plus of floorspace to visitors from around the world to engage in the challenging history embedded in its ...
Antebellum silver chalice from Black Baptist church returns to Edisto Island and its Gullah roots
A silver communion cup a cotton plantation owner's wife gave to a church she built for enslaved workers is returned.