Laurel Valley Slave Plantation: Inside Actual Slave Quarters, Slave Fields, and General Store
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2024
- Visiting Slave Quarters at Laurel Valley Plantation: Walkthrough Quarters, Fields and General Store
Take a tour of Laurel Valley Plantation that is now open to visitors! We had an opportunity to go inside the original structures that were used to house over 135 slaves. There are over 50 slave houses and many movies and films have been shot on location here. An unforgettable experience, I’m here to share their story…
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Sis @taylynn4728 thank you for your comment. I had some issues in the beginning with the camera on the ground. So in the beginning it wasn’t the best video taping, also I was recording discreetly without tour operators face. I released parts I should have edited but I didn’t won’t to lose any footage, but you are correct why are people fighting on a video about our heritage, you can’t erase history. It may be a sore spot but only uncovering it will bring healing between the nations. Let’s learn, Let’s talk about it. It’s a harsh reality. Again thank you for your encouragement ❤
I wish that tour guide would have taken a bit of a break on talking to give you all some time to take in what you were seeing. Great video though thanks for sharing.
@@davidt1621I literally have no idea what you are talking about? If you are looking for a debate and a place to spew hatred and racism this is not the place. Please take that elsewhere. God bless you and may God heal your heart. 🙏🏾
Ernest Gaines is my family’s cousin. The book/movie “Gathering of old men” is about my great father.
I have the book “In My Father’s House” by Ernest Gaines! Great read!
Read that book as a child...great. Very good
Oh wow, have never had the opportunity to see the movie, will definitely have to look into it. Thanks for sharing your history with the world. Thanks for watching!
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That's so interesting,I am so sad and heartbriken for what the slaves went through,No person should ever be treated the way they were but I am sure that God has made the wrongdoers pay for their sins.
When I drive past Shirley, Berkeley and Sherwood Plantations in Virginia on Routes 106 and 5, I get an eery feeling. Sometimes I have driven alone at night after dropping my daughter off at the College of William and Mary only to find myself fiercely praying and singing on the dark, forested roads. Some serious evil occurred on these lands. The oppressive air bears witness. My heart is heavy but this history must be told so that others will not repeat it.
lawdy lawd get you some graveyard dirt to proteck you from dem eva white houses
I live close to the plantations. Yes, absolutely there is a very thick haunting feeling, especially at night. Makes me want to cry.
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Being from Louisiana this breaks my heart to know how my ancestors lived and the way they were mistreated. I couldn't consciously go to any of the plantations knowing what my people had to endure. Thanks for shining light on there story.
You are welcome, it is definitely a hard pill to swallow, we will remember…thanks for watching!
And now some of our people are in a mental slavery and unable to break the chains. We went from physical slavery to imprisonment of the heart and mind. It’s equally heartbreaking. I don’t think where we are today as a people is what our ancestors envisioned for us. May God have mercy on us all. Thanks Regina Perkins for sharing. Peace and blessings to you and your family.
@@ReginaPerkinsShow It would be good if you could look up and document some of the plantations ran by America's 4,000 black slave owners as well. People need to know the complete history.
@@HypnoticHollywood (preface: I am very white, I just know some history) well the whole reason black people indentured other black people is usually because a white man was overseeing them. If they did not do the work they were asked they would be severely punished by the White man. So it came down to whether they would be beaten or would they would enslave others. And not risk getting beaten or murdered.
Oh Jesus we are in the process of buy a Mississippi plantation that has a “jail” on it I told my black uncle who is old and moving in with us he could have that bedroom he laughed his ass off this is a man who walked in Selma with MLK and was attacked by dogs doing it stop the whining you personally haven’t “endured” crap in comparison to my uncle who can have a dark sense of humor right along with me
I am from Shreveport Louisiana and I have always been fascinated with history all history. Whenever I have visited plantations and slave quarters as well as cemeteries, I always get an overwhelming sense of sadness. I am white and I’m sure people wouldn’t think I care but I believe Jesus Christ died for us all and loves us all exactly the same. I have always taught my daughter there is no race above the other and we should love and respect everyone the same. Thank you for sharing this with us and hearing the pain in your voice and pride as well.
And you being white it is highly unlikely your ancestors owned any slaves , like my ancestors they were probably just as dirt poor as most of the population that was NOT in the ruling class.
They owned the land they owned the houses they owned the slaves but don't want to own the history of a deep concealed guilt
Wow, history can not be erased, we must acknowledge it. Thanks for watching
History of racism lies in the heart before its recorded in the books and thets one place it cannot be erased action always speak louder than words if the past be denied so will the present then an unsecured future
how long did it take u to think of this?💀💀 america has taught about slavery since the development of the public school system #facts
Well put. I agree with you
Facts
Just imagine how many people are buried on that plantation 😢😢😢😢
I can't imagine Nikki, I'm sure there are many. Thanks for watching!
God bless all of them!!!
😥😥😓😩my god! Makes my body goes numb just to imanage
I would think the energy here is something else at times too 🤔 so many lives
So true Nikki, One was too many. 😞
The slave quarters look exactly like the houses I saw as a child visiting my family in North Carolina. The only difference is that the houses were still occupied.
Wow, thanks for watching!
Yes,you can see some of these houses as you ride train through the south. People don't believe me. ADOS need help.
@@mareerogers1114 it’s so true. FarmVille area Greene county snow hill fountain nc
Pollockville and maysville nc
Omg
@@ReginaPerkinsShow my family is from Texas my grandma and and great grandma my grandma was born into slavery
I can't begin to imagine all the energies & spirits I would feel walking through...Definitely alot of emotions & tears...Our ancestors endured so much hatred & vile...Praying our ancestors are at peace as people walk through...❤❤❤
Peace & Blessings to you & your family!!!
Peace and blessings to you as well, thank you for watching!
And yet we have not learn how to work 2 gether and not rob,rape and murder our community
Our ancestors were sold into slavery by other black people.
Blessings to you and your beautiful family.. Thank you for bringing me home in this video. I bought my children to Laurel Valley when I lived there and when I moved away. They were also humbled by the experiences. As a Thibodaux native, if I may shed a little light. The "school house" was not to educate the slaves or their children. Slaves were not allowed to read and write. It was what they called against the law. That structure was their church and school of ministry for a trusted slave to teach Christianity to the slaves. There were overseers to make sure the preacher slave would teach the Bible in the way that they wanted them to. Study Nat Turner who led the slave rebellion because he was one of the preacher slaves who learned the Bible in its entirety and understood it. They were taught to omit things and never to teach on some of the books in the Bible. If they did they would face harsh punishment. The overseer would sit in on the sermons to make sure the preacher slave only preached what he was told to preach. I kind of giggled at the desks. Like they were trying to teach slaves any kind of curriculum. They were put there for show. Another thing. The tour guide lady forgot to mention that in that bayou or the water that we saw there. That was where they took slave babies from their families and used them as gator bait. Since I heard her mention the word gator a time or two and saying there is a lot of stories to be told. They need to be real about it if you want a tour with the bad and ugly of things as well as the little sugarcoating. But all in all I commend you for educating your children about our history. That was huge. A lot of our people don't have that interest. There is more than meets the eye. I think there is an ancestor in me right now trying to come forward and spill some truths so I better stop and end this right here or else this will be a book to read. Be blessed.
Never heard about the babies as gator bait, for what reason?
Gators aren't caught like catching fish
Thank you my brother for sharing that, we only get versions of the truth many times. Absolutely not was slaves taught to read nor be educated. We just have to acknowledge the past no matter how painful it is. I appreciate your support thanks for watching. Blessings to you and your family.
@@roselee4445 sadly it is true , they were used as bait .. main reason is they wanted the🐊 skin , pretty sure they would eat them too
@@ReginaPerkinsShow my grandma said that the slave owners would not let her read or write My dad used to read the news paper to her and the food sales when I was little but I never understood that until she told me before she passed away
This is why I like tours because they will explain to you what the structures are and their purpose. They can give you the history so you can get a feel of the way life was and what went on during a typical day on the plantation. I enjoyed your video and hope you have the opportunity to go back to see this historical plantation with a tour guide! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks Renee, continue watching the last half of video is with a tour guide. Glad you enjoyed the content thanks for watching!
We're still going the same thing today it's just repackaged she never talks about the harsh treatment and abuse and murder they did to our ancestors she act like it's nothing she act like it was wonderful for them there
I’m from south Texas and our teachers never taught us much about slavery during our history classes.I’ve slowly been learning and educating myself through You.Tube,thank you for sharing this with us.I recently learned that Mexico didn’t believe in slavery..and that a couple of mixed families made their way to south Texas,some settling here,in the Rio Grande Valley,and others crossing the river into Mexican land.There’s a documentary on it.(Just a Ferry Ride To Freedom).
Have to take look at it, thanks for watching!
How beautiful.. I was always taught that Mexican didn't believe in slavery as well
Well, you are partly correct. They were one of the worst offenders actually....but then ended slavery in 1829 so yes it was a safe place to go to escape slavery at a certain point in time....but that was not always the case. Same with the Spanish from Spain...ended it earlier than others so at one point Florida was a safer place when the Spaniards were in control of it...sort of...a very interesting topic to investigate as well. Spaniards were actually the first people to enslave other people in this country.
Thank you for sharing this! We have transformed our language to reflect the humanity of our Afrikan ancestors (we too are Afrikan). We do not use "slave" anymore, rather we use "enslaved persons" or "captives". No "slave masters", rather "enslavers", "terrorists", "murders", etc.
Why is no one petitioning and making documentaries about the millions of slaves occurring right now in Africa? It is heartbreaking
My family is from Louisiana. I've only visited the Whitney Plantation. Based on your 'tour guide' I know to do my own history of Laurel Valley. They need to stop with the half stories. But I love that you shared this experience with your children. My visit at the Whitney Plantation was very spiritual. I felt a heaviness and I could feel spirits around me.
But black men love white women though
@@timtimms7818Black American men you mean. I live in Africa and you couldn't pay them to rock with them😂Self hatred is a culture in. America, that's sad
@@lf1496 right
have you checked on the poverty of white people? and that was a lot of dependents I think it was going out of fashion, they could pay little and people could have to pay to have a dwelling, food, clothes, ... as they did to white people who worked 365 days or nights.
@@tommas2674 white people? Who were the slaves? You are playing games
Thank you for this sad but informative documentary. I shed a few tears when I remembered how these poor human beings were treated.
God bless you and your family. Much love from the Land of the Long White Cloud.
Thank you for watching, it was indeed life changing ! God bless you as well. Much love to you all in New Zealand.
My issue with all this is, who gave the ALL WHITE and Spaniards the right to enslave ANYBODY. They did it to all people of beautiful color. Who please answer!
@@rubyahlo-ruiz2758 it would be very informative to know the owners and their desendants. These houses seem to be the standard . I live in jamaica and there are similar structures on the sugar plantations here. Golden grove ,worthy park , inswood ; long pond . Our govt. However is doing nothing to preserve some of these structures.
Sad to see the tour guide was white. Big her up still. Was it her family that owned the plantation? Because i wonder if they are willing to pay some repartriation money🤔🤔 look like them still earning from visits like yours.
@@rubyahlo-ruiz2758God gave them the permission to own slaves cause our ancestors turned their back on God!!! That's the truth but the slave owners took things to far so now all of their generation to come forever will be enslaved unto us forever!!!! They have to pay their debt in blood 🩸...read The Holy Bible KJV and you will find any and all answers you looking for.. God bless 🙏🙏🙏
Masters (employers), provide your slaves (employees) with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.”
Colossians 4:1 NIV
AMEN.
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Freedom and justice is right and fair! Isaiah 1:17...
After slaverly too was bad people worked as tentants on farms their land owner hade a store they brought from his store after farming all year he wouldn't pay them anything saying you own me or the thing you brought from the store it came out even. childrens did't have shoes to wear grandmother hade two dresses the boys did have shoes to wear winter or summer . we have always work for nothing.making other people rich .
The same way today i Ga mediun wages 7.25 an hour.
I've been there several times when visiting my family in Houma. Sad part is that so many people from Houma never knew the plantation was 20 minutes away...like they never even visited during school field trips. The quarters for the enslaved people should be on the National HIstoric Register, and preserved for a lifetime. With every storm, more structures are lost.
I agree! Why aren’t these places on a historic registry?
Whoa nah family. Great documentary. My family is from Thibodaux. One of my great great uncle served a the chauffeur here. Some of my ancestors worked on this plantation and others in this area like the White, Reinzi and Colluiette plantations. When you get a chance look into the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887. We are descendants of the victims and survivors of this atrocity. Once again Sista great documentary.
Thank you so much, I heard of the massacre, and will definitely do my research concerning it. Blessings to you and your family, I hope I was able to tell their story, they won’t be forgotten. Thanks for watching!
@@ReginaPerkinsShow Another Plantation to visit, when you're back down here, is the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, LA. Hurricane Ida did some real damage there but it is the most comprehensive, educational and spiritual tour on a plantation.
Dr. Ibrahima Seck is the historical curator. This man is the truth. There are many videos on it to review. Peace Sista Regina.
@@barrypayton2832 Yes that is definitely the next one I planned to visit. I was wondering if the hurricane had caused damage. I have seen some great videos on the Whitney and the care they have taken to preserve the African experience. Thanks for the information my brother, appreciate it. Blessings to you again!
Im 41 and we grew up in a shack just like this..and that was in the 80's! My father was a sharecropper, but i had no idea until i was much older.
@teresa Perkins
Woww, how interesting.
Yeah, I was going to comment on why those quarters held up so long...because in reality people were probably sharecropping here and fixing their homes up when they could well into the 70s and I suppose 80s...I wasn't aware of anyone sharecropping in the 80s but...I can believe anything these days from what I've seen in life. People will abuse people if they can until the end of time.
I can say this much...the U.S. has certainly outpaced some other countries on behaving at least a little better towards fellow humans...the main one that comes to mind are some countries in Africa...absolutely appalling they way some people treat others there. You know...I would think after what has been done to African people around the world for centuries that Africans would know better how to treat people than anyone...it can be shocking.
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I’m from Louisiana. My maternal great grandparents were from grand coteau/ sunset but later moved to southwest Louisiana. I’m grateful for every moment with my great grandparents and grandparents I learned so much . One day I will tour the plantation. We live in Houston now. But all pain and sorrow our ancestors endured brought me to tears watching this .
Thank you for sharing
Oh wow.. I'm from Lafayette, Louisiana and live in Dallas Texas now it's a small world
Thank You for sharing the video . What an amazing (eye opening) journey. So sad what our ancestors endured. Praying their souls are at peace. We know some of what they went through, so much more we don't know - we can only imagine.
God Bless you and your beautiful family.
God bless you as well, and thank you for your kind comments. Yes they endured much, glad I was able to share just a portion of their story, Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the content.
@@ReginaPerkinsShow Thank you!!
I'm a new subscriber too.
Thanks for taking the time to capture a history that is often over-looked, neglected and sometimes not spoken of...
Thank you for watching!
Wow Deep May God countinue to Keep Blessing your family members and keep more vlogs coming out like this cause our black community has No clue what it was really like for us black people
Thank you for watching I will definitely be uploading more soon! Glad you enjoyed the content, it is vita infol for the generations. Blessings to you!
Some ancestors still have money in their Banks, hum...
@@rachelwilliams2400 And some ancestors of slaves have been elected to the highest office in the nation...as well as being doctors, nurses, Congressmen and women, Senators, Governors, police officers, Supreme Court members, wealthy business owners...etc.
I'm from rural eastern North Carolina. Many of the people in this area did not get electric until the 1940's and indoor plumbing until the 1950's. Up until the early 1960's many people of all races lived in similar houses as did the slaves usually single family. Not everyone in this country had money. We all did the best we could.
I started to cry when i saw inside the school house. The original desks and chalk board,just everything.
Just wow. Thank you for this video for those of us who dont have a chance to go. And when h she was talking about how the people had to stay up toward the house because of the gators and how thick the mosquitos were.
I can't even imagine what horror took place here...how anyone can't treat another human being this way is beyond me children also lived here I'm sure brings tears to my eyes 😢 ty for sharing
Tnis is a great video and truly thank you for sharing. It was hard to hear the guide because music drowned out her voice
In some areas it was intentional, wanted to keep the focus on the life of the slaves not the owners. Thanks for watching!
Loved your video. I am decent from a slave lady, she married a native American man to escape the plantation she was born at. She got a allotment from the tribe along with the children. She died in 1900 a very wealthy woman. She was very lucky.
I still have the quilt that her mother made with a star map on it. I have it closed up in plastic storage bag to preserve it. Many of the slave's married Native American people to escape the plantations and the bad treatment of their owners. I also have her Bible, yes she was very dedicated to Jesus Christ and a firm believer. She learned how to read and write from that Bible. We all have some interesting family origins.
Much love everyone 💕💞 and really enjoyed your video. I'm subbing and maybe you will have more to come.
I love American history. God bless.
By the way, I am 57 and still remember my grandma talking about the old days. It takes you to another level of Life.
Your quilt should not be in plastic
Very interesting history, thanks for sharing a little of your story. I'm sure you have many to tell. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed the content!
That story needs to be told about your ancestors, Netflix or something 👏🏽
But Native Americans owned slaves too. As a matter of fact, when slavery was abolished those that were living with Native Americans were the last to be freed.
I remember my dad was a sharecropper we had the worst house of everybody. But the man who was not a who was not had a house with a bathroom and nice paint job. His house was nice.
This was really a spiritual journey I actually felt like I was there I felt peace and for some reason I felt like I was close to home the new kingdom home . Get ready we're almost there.
Yes Cecil it was a spiritual journey, there was a purpose in all of this, even if it was to change the hearts of a few. Thank you for watching!
I’m so glad that these remain for historical touring and teaching . I toured Dachau concentration camp in Germany and I remember feeling so sad and shocked at the inhumanity that took place there. This gives me that same feeling. Thank you for sharing this .
Yeah no kidding. The state ought to come in and do historically accurate maintenance on those homes....hate to see them falling apart or just replaced with new wood. Someone needs to save as much of the original material as possible.
A real testament to people who survived something horrible. I really hope these, 'tour guides' learn some real history too. It would be good to know when enslavement actually ended in this place and how long 'sharecropping' (I hate that word because it's just another form of enslavement imo) continued. The guide also couldn't even give these people some time without her talking and talking...let people absorb what they are seeing.
I'm a white guy but I know one thing...I'd feel better off hearing things from a black tour guide...she just seemed awfully not sensitive to the cultural issues here. Not in a mean way...just an uneducated way.
Thank you for the opportunity to see these journey and the reality surround the reason is heartache but God knows everything best ❤ the people who pave the way for us will be in my heart always!
I just hope all who view and recognize these history will make it better in society. Blessings to you and family 👪
Yes I sincerely hope so, thanks for watching Claudette, blessings to you and yours as well! ❤
This was very informative, and more people should see this. Thank you for sharing the experience with everyone online. I feel like we all learned something from it.
What was informative about this what was our ancestors names ages gender there but the most high haven't forgotten none of this horrible acts that was done to his chosen ones
When I see and think about my People on these plantations all I can do is cry. In these conditions in slavery. Tears fall
I agree Daryl, it is heart wrenching. Thank you for watching, let’s keep their memory alive
People still live like that
Daryl I couldn't have been a slave I would have been like Kunta Kinte
This is so heavy to watch. This peaceful, beautiful place that was so full of sorrow and pain. 😢 thank you so much for sharing this
Thank you all for this visit in the past. It's exciting and depressing... to still have some of the slave houses STILL standing, just goes to show the God given talent of workmanship that these/our ancestors had. I was 3yrs old when I first used an OUT HOUSE, at night I might add... still remember. Will never forget!! Bless you and your family 🤲
Blessings to you, it was amazing to witness. Thank you for watching!
This is the way my family lived for 6 generations.we also used the. Outside toilets. And were hungry a lot of times. Our clothes were patched our feet were shoeless. But our neighbors were the same. Loretta Lynn also was raised the same way. Her daddy worked hard to keep his family just as my dad did. We white people had it hard too.
@@doristucker6276That was very unfortunate Mrs. Doris, but never was your parents or ancestors in chains, whipped, beat and forced to labor with no pay. Not an equal or fair comparison by any means. That was poverty that you are addressing by and far this is slavery, a whole vast degree of difference. Thanks for watching, I hope was able to enlighten or inspire you in any way. ❤
@@doristucker6276 what state I have tuckers in my family
Dang, slaves had free room & board... free food, free clothes.... most white people back then had to work just as hard if not harder than slaves , just t9 make money to pay rent, buy food, clothing, tools, equipment, etc... and pay taxes . While black folks had jobs lined up, place to stay, fed for free... slaves never had to worry about none of that like struggling white folks in those times shoot... didn't have to pay no taxes, knew where your next meal was coming everyday... if you didn't have the luxury of being a slave, or a well to do one of just a few white men , then you were one of the majority amount of poor homeless, struggling white people which consists of about 93.6% they wasn't even poor white trash they was too broke to be poor, too dirty to be white, and the trash truck wouldn't even pick em up just drive right by n shit they don't want to ruin the good trash n shit. The point is... eerie body got dues in life to pay , only God can judge us now
THIS WAS HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT THANK YOU FOR THIS INFO.
Loved the tour, history was explained to the max. Almost made me feel that I was there with you walking.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed the content! Thanks for watching!
Loved seeing this, Curious why the slaves and their ancestors didn’t get this property? Did they speak on it during the tour? Again profiting from them?
Hi. I just wanted to say hello to you all. I really hope i was with you all when yall went on this trip. I really enjoy the memories of watching yalls video.
I actually slept in one of these houses ,but it was one in Mississippi,not in Louisiana. It was in the early 1970s, i was like 7 or 8 Yrs. old at the time. The out house that
you was talking about around the beginning of your video, well when i was coming to Mississippi in the summer time to stay with my grandma and grandpa, when i had to do
a number 2 there was no out house at all. Broad day light out side was the Toilet. And the light meters that you all saw on the side of the slave houses,there were none at all.
It was total darkness when it got dark. The wood that you was asking her about,if it was the original wood, Well i still have some of that original wood here were i am living right now.
And the slave house that she took you all in with 2 doors,one door on each side,but one house,That was the kind of house that my Grandparents lived in ,in Mississippi.
There was no bath tub at all, Like the ones people take a bath in today. I had to take a bath in a round silver tub,like the one your camera almost caught on camera in that
store you entered at the beginning of your video,and similiar to the one from the movie Ray you mentioned about. I believe they were called a Foot tub back then. No sink to even do dishes
in. Water had to be found from some where to do the dishes,But washing the dishes was done in a Foot tub. And the fire place the lady showing you,that`s built in with the floor,Well
i actually slept right in front of one of those fire places,at my grandparents house back in the early 1970s. My grandpa made me wake up in the middle of the night, just
to make sure i kept would in that fire place,and it was cold to, just getting up early in the morning to do that. And it was also scary to me,when it got dark out side, because when
i was like around 12 or 13 Yrs. old ,my mom took me to go see the original (Friday the 13th), and when i would come to Mississippi in the summer time,once it got dark, i would hear
clicking sounds in the woods, and thought it as (Jason from the movie) coming to get me. But i was just a kid then,did not understand the difference between a movie and real life.
But thats understandable to me now. that screen door that you also mentioned,yes i remember that also. I just wanted to share that with you all. Now i am 54 Yrs. old today. Just
remember that my grandarents house was in Mississippi not Louisiana. I was just letting you know that my grandparents house was similiar to the one that the lady was showing you all.
I almost cried watching your video. It brings back great memories to me,and was very emotional. I really appreciate how great you all did this video. It waswell edited. Yall have a wonderful and bless day/life.
Oh wow so many memories, glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! Blessings to you!
Thank You so much for sharing this Video. So emotional. My roots began on the Barr Plantation in Abbeville South Carolina. We must Honor Our Ancestors!
Very interesting, and heart breaking. I remember going to my grandmas house, she had outhouse,and pump and well water. To see our youth and others not thinking our history is not relevant. Our ancestors caught hell and survived. Hurts my heart
I have read that most of those houses you were viewing were used for migrant workers and maybe some share croppers after slavery (they were historically dated to Dates after slavery would have been abolished). The slave quarters were not as nice and I believe there are only a handful of those somewhere still on that property. I think I saw one of those structures you caught that may have been from slavery while you were walking the tour but the others were not. And they are not the ones by the road. Also, in the movie Ray, the brother drowned in a tub of water in front of the house if I recall not in a stream as this ‘tour guide’ mentioned. Thank you for sharing. Homage and love to and for our ancestors!
Thanks for the observations. I do believe also they some were for the share rompers as well, definitely not this nice for slaves. Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the content!
I AGREE, ENSLAVED PEOPLE didn't SURVIVE that COMFORTABLY
I like the way everyone assumes everyone was a tyrant who owned slaves.
@@marvinjohnson424 I'm sure they were all good ol' souls. 😕
@@cgreen2984 Yeah, even the FREE BLACK MEN who also owned land and slaves back then? You should learn the real history of slavery before you comment again sounding so ignorant!
Enjoyed watching as love history. Thanks!!!
Its beautiful there but such an overwhelming, heavy feeling - I can feel it from across the country!! You are a great Mom for taking your kids to see this and feel that heavy connection and the spirts of the place. You were a great tour guide for those of us who cant travel. Thank you for sharing!! 💕
Thank you for watching, you are too kind, glad you enjoyed the content!
This is a great video of things that people need see and experience.
As an Australian indigenous person I would love to go visit this place and know the history 😊
A very interesting Video. Thank you for sharing ☺
Thank you for sharing, I love this and hope you do more.
Definitely will do more, thanks so much for watching!
Thank you so much for that awesome tour u presented!💪🏾🙏🏽two years later still the best on youTube❤
Bless you my sister! Thank you for watching❤️
& the fact that slavery was still very much happening in secret during the 1950’s.. I recently watched a documentary on it. It’s sickening how much the past is not that far behind us.
There are millions of slaves in Africa today.
You guys did a great job, you took me to a plate/area in time that I truly thank God I missed. You and your family are very beautiful and it’s great to see and know exactly what slaves endured in that time period and I’m so proud of my culture and history. Beautiful learning and you experienced it first hand, that’s so amazing and thank you all so much
Thanks so much for showing us your journey into your past history. I am 65, white, and been around very, very few colored people. For some reason I just suddenly became interested in "Black Lives Matter" and thank God people have realized this to be the truth. I sit with cold chills and tears through most of these videos people share about their ancestors. Surely it has been God who has lifted the veil starting long time ago off this horrible thing that was done to the colored people. We all have different faiths and beliefs, but my personal belief is the Kingdom of Heaven will be full of "free slaves," as they worked through their slavery days in the hot temperatures and return to their quarters as the servants of men I imagine many of them were also servants of God who when laid to rest will rise again at the sound of the trumpet when Jesus Christ returns and those who died in Christ will rise to meet him in the air to finally live forevermore as the FREE people we were all meant to be. We know many of them died long before they were made free in the flesh, but in the spirit, many of those had been made free for the Kingdom of Heaven I am sure of it. I honestly feel it is God who is revealing this history to me now. So many of us just did not realize how great this suffering was for the colored people, not even the race as it is today. I can see you, the woman in this video has pain in her face as I feel like you have been told a little bit more about your past than your daughters as they walk around much differently. God bless you all. I am so happy you are all have been made free and you contribute so much to America in the way of culture and arts and everything else, held back so long, but now able to be free to set your own goals and live for your own future.
God bless you, Connie!
Thank you for your kind words Ms. Connie! You are absolutely right. Their strong foundation of faith is what gave them the strength and fortitude to survive the horrors experienced. God is restoring what was lost and bringing reparations to people of color. I long for the day that full reconciliation be brought to the race of men regardless of color or creed. God is in the healing business and only he can make all things new, whether in this lifetime or the one to come. In the end with Christ we all win! Bless you so much, thanks for watching and may God to continue to bless your journey of discovery!
Sadly,, Sum ppl. really love living in illusions.
Connie l am of mixed race and it is an eye opener… l able to view from both sides of the fences… May God redeem us all
Free in what since? We are still slaved in the mind. We walk around and take advantage of education and opportunity but shackles are still there in the unseen. You probably think that the Jesus you are speaking of is white too. Read the book of Revelations honey. Oh thats in the Bible. You mean to tell me in all your years you never had interest in the plight and struggle of black people. Not shocking because that's how the majority of you people think. Probably because you were enjoying your white privilege to the fullest. FOH
Thank you so much for posting this. There is hope and we have come so far. But we still have a long way to go. God bless...
Thank you for this video! My family is from Lafayette and this hurts my soul to think about what they went through.. I live in Houston too! 🤘🏽
Blessings my fellow Houstonian! Yes it is a very sensitive topic. Thanks for watching Bree!
... speechless with tears in my eyes
Wow! All of those antiques!! So cool!!
Yes it was astounding, thanks for watching!
I remember the landscape in Okeechobee Florida 1950s looking similar to this.
Yea as I keep watching. I couldn't do it. Im sobbing just watching this on TV.😢😢😢I couldn't do this. I applaud you for having the strength. Because this is to much for me. But Thank You All Of You😢😢😢😢😢
I went to Nicholls state, nearby, and I remember driving past the slave quarters, just sitting out there rotting. I'm glad they're giving tours and not letting it fade into obscurity.
This is new to me I live about 20 minutes from Thibodaux and I never though to look this up…I’m gone have to check this out
Yes please do, it was unforgettable! Thanks for watching!
Thank God !! Sis You are Speaking Our Truth!! To Our Family ❤❤/ People!! Much Love !! Be Safe On You All Journey!!
Thank you for touring those slave houses. I cannot imagine what the slaves went through back in the day. And working in those fields all day until it got dark. 😔 So sad😭😭😭
Thank you for watching Kimberly, sad indeed!
What a great video!!! The guide seemed very helpful and willing to help teach all that was done during that time in life. Thank you, for sharing with us!
Thank you for sharing so much it is a blessing to get a chance to see the history of slaves and how they live and work so hard this just touches my heart may God continue to bless each and everyone worked so hard .
Ceryl Slaves all over the world worked hard
This is better than any documentary or books I’ve watched/read in school!!!!! This is so authentic. Part of it is because we can see/hear your emotions. You aren’t just doing this for an edited tv program.
When you all sat on the swing on the porch at the store and showed the Bayou where the back of the house were, it put a tear in my eye. We are so blessed!!! Yes we still experience injustice and racial issues but it’s NOTHING compared to THIS!!!! 😢
God bless you and your family and sharing this experience with us!!! ❤️
No longer complaining about my living situation. Again I’m BLESSED!!!! Yes we are growing out of our duplex but it’s only ONE family in here. We have electricity, hot water, food, beds, appliances, WIFI 😅 and the list goes on.
Sis I appreciate it, just wanted to tell the story, many have criticized, but truth is truth! Hopefully it will educate and cause many to see us in a different light. We didn’t choose this pathway it chose us. Thanks so much for watching🥰
Awesome family May family continue to be blessed Sandy from NC
Thank you so much, blessings to you hope you enjoyed the content. Thanks for watching!
Wow... Thanks for sharing this.
I met a group of ladies in New Orleans in 2007. I lived in the Chicago land area and they were born and raised in Thibodaux. Over the course of about 2 years we became best friends. I would travel to Thibodaux several times a year and it wasn’t till several years later that she took me down Laurel Valley road to see the still standing slave quarters. I actually was very upset that it took her so long to take me here. To her I suppose it was no big deal. To me it was a huge deal. 5 years ago I moved to Thibodaux. When I have visitors (which is often), the first thing I do even before going to my home from picking them up at the airport is driving them past these slave quarters. It is very import that people see this. To me it is very emotional and extremely important that people know what African slaves went through. Sadly hurricane Ida did a good amount of damage to so many of the remaining structures. Thank you for this video.
Wow Cathy! I too believe it is of grave importance to remember and reflect lest we forget where we came from. It is a very sobering experience indeed. Continue to preserve their history Cathy. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for taking us on the journey with your family. 😊❤
I’m from Thibodaux, and now live in Houston. I grew up in the cane fields, lots of good memories! That old brick structure was the actual sugar mill. You should check out the old Leighton sugar mill, now called Lafourche Sugar LLC, located at 141 Leighton Quarters Rd, Thibodaux, LA. It’s changed from when I grew up there, but a few “quarters” are still standing.
I bet you do have great memories! Thanks for the info will look into visiting that as well. Thanks for watching!
Would have been real nice if we had seen the boiling house and the actual iron mills and all at the end
@@maisieburrell1549 Sorry their were no boiling house or iron mill, only a remnant of the brick structure you saw. Thanks for watching!
I will definitely check that out, thanks for the info. Thanks for watching!
Amazing these houses still standing and wasn’t torn down by mother nature.
I loved this tour I am fascinated with old history with an emphasis in slavery it just intrigues however it fills my heart with sadness how these human beings were treated it brings tears to my soul to know this was history and so tormented to those beautiful human eMate their souls rest in peace and with eternal peace you know they are dancing in the clouds thank you so much for sharing this history I absolutely loved it❤️
I was your daughters age when I went with 2 aunt's and my grandfather to view homes and cemeteries of our family. I'm 58. That was a very special time, never to forget.
Unforgettable I’m sure, definitely must introduce the young ones to the truth before the world does, let’s set the narrative that they will know how to navigate these times. Thanks again for watching!
Everyone went to outhouses in early days, not just slaves. There weren't toilets then
I believe the Ancestors are always with us, always waiting to support us in our walk through this world. When we allow it they make their presence known and imbue is with the deep wisdom of their countless generations and shower us with the love they have for us, their children.
Thank you for taking us along with you to this historical place. I imagine your grandmothers and grandfathers wept with joy and pride for their beautiful daughter.💙🐦
Where is this located, I never realized their was a plantation named Laurel or of its existence
the daughters wanted to enjoy the animals and seemed really interested in the place
This video is so good, I love the editing!
Yes it was a great video to me also.
Thank you for sharing that
Thank you for showing this video so that we're able to learn about what happened during slavery. Thank God for an African American family doing something like for us to know where we from, how we were treated, where slaves lived and to know that there's still old slave plantations around. You all should get a way to buy this while town and put it up as a slave musium.
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Who knows what the future holds, may be God will do just that. Thanks for watching!
My Great Grand Father had an old house like that down in Alabama. The only difference was his was bigger and had windows. I remember as a girl they stood on rocks just as in the Video.
Do you have pictures of this house? It would be nice to have pictures of the house for your grandchildren to see.
I love that you're showing your adult children about their history.
We've never found ancestors in our family that had slaves, and it would be devastating to me if I ever found out otherwise.
I've done a lot of research and find EVERYTHING about it just atrocious and inhumane.
Keep doing what you're doing...AWARENESS is key to preventing such heart-wrenching ordeals from ever happening again.
May God bless you and guide you safely during your travels. ❤️
I wished you could have taken the tour so you would have gotten my information about things that you see so you wouldn’t have to guess . Thank you for the video. I live in Maryland and yes there are a lot of plantations here and when I visited it I felt a heavy feeling .
Thanks Tara, yes I took the tour at the end of video with a guide. Louisiana has quite a lot of plantations and I plan to visit more. Have to look into visiting Maryland, it is an unforgettable experience. Thanks for watching Tara!
Regina have you visited any other plantation since this video?
@@patradavis2112 Not yet, but I am planning a visit to another plantation soon
I know you could feel the spirits of our ancestors
Hi again . And yes i also remember the old time fan,and cash register. I kind of saw that antique white washer machine also in that store . I was trying to see a lot of things, but your camera was moving around kind of fast. The washer machine back then did not have a spin cycle at all. All it did was wash the clothes, and after that ,i had to roll my jeans and T-Shirt through
a roller that was built on top of the washer machine. I had to turn the handle on the roller to ring the water out of the clothes back in those years.
Hey, Sis. I'm glad you were able to find trace your ancestry here in the U.S. I think my family needs to do something like that. How far were you able to go back? I love what you're doing with your family! You're inspiring!
@@valmagee3360 I started with my grandfather, and began to find out a lot of things that surprised us all. I didn’t complete because I too ran into some difficulty. I will not stop though, plan to continue. Go for it Val, bless your family with the gift of their heritage! Thanks for watching!
We need to buy up these plantations and tell/ teach our history. I will help in this investment.
i visited ghana 4 years ago. took me out. the energy of our ancestors is still there.
I live in Thibodaux thanks for putting us on the map great Documentary
Hi Regina, do you know about the Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia?It was owned by George Washington who used to owned slaves along with his wife Martha Washington.It would be nice if you could do something on that estate which has some very interesting historic story. I am sure you will find the story about the excape of George and Martha personal slaves.
Thanks for the tip, I will have to look into this story, interesting
Irvin Baptist. Also Montecello plantation in Virginia own by the 3rd President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson owned slaves he also had children with one of slaves Sally Hemmings .Sally Hemmings was his wife Martha 's aunt oh its real crazy but very interesting. Try the movie Sally Hemmings .Sally was Jefferson's wife sister and Sally looked just like her .That why he couldn't resist her. They called it a love affair I call it rape Sally was only 14 or 16. Bye Bye
@@stellajones1261 you now add more oil to the 🔥 lol ,I have to check that one it's even more interesting than George Washington.OMG
I've been to many plantation houses in the south. It's terrible what happened back then. I hope they are all resting in heaven in peace....😢😢😢😢😢
After Slavery for those who did leave, stayed on the plantation and that’s when sharecropping began.
Yes I believe this is why so many of these quarters are still standing. Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the content!
Thanks queen for sharing our history of our ancestors they are free from the pain this is why we should heal so we can help them heal as well I am a spiritual teacher a high priestess I can feel they energy from this video it is overwhelming and powerful at the same time many blessing take care ❤❤💯⭐🌙
Love yall movie! So great! Cool! God bless yall! 😃😇😍
Thank you! Have a great day!
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it! Blessings to you as well
You're so so welcome!
You're so welcome!
Lord Jesus father god I’m in tears 😭 I can’t wait to go see this very soon
I remember the first time I ever saw a plantation... It was in the south and I was about 17 and it was absolutely shocking coming from the west coast, where u def do not see stuff like this.. rip to our ancestors wowww
Must pay a visit Corissa, thanks for watching. Life changing to say the least!
Benjamin Judah and Levi …..we are standing on your perseverance….until we meet in Zion……APTTMH
Love the history :)
Yes it was great history.
Thanks for the beautiful video. It was a painful and horrible experience for our people, but it is our history. These are our ancestors and it needs to be taught to todays youth.
Just keeps me knowing how the enemy still have is as slaves!…the thought of having to get permission to view our own land and, to have someone else tell us the history behind it lets us know they’re still using they’re way of having us to believe and continuously making what they see as our history!
Our ancestors will prevail!… thank you for sharing sweetheart we need more of us to push out these types of videos. One other thing I’ve always wonder…, why is that our kids “NEVER” have these type of school trips yet, for years all the kids know is the “ZOO N THE DAMN AQUARIUM”. One must ask themselves why is this?…🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Yeah why didn't we ever go on a road trip to one?
@@corissaholbrook4017 because they never wanted us to know any truth about our ancestors…. They know the programming starts at the age of two through 7 which means they’ll never forget!
It’s so sad how “We the Original people” still allows this to continue to happen. I get it some of us are hard to break free only because, of fear.
Thanks MommaWanda, if history was told in school reconciliation may not be so difficult to accomplish. The truth will set you free. Many don’t know the history of the black race and deem us as something we are not. Lets erase the false perceptions, we are human, and as I said earlier in a previous post we didn’t choose this pathway it chose us. Thanks for watching ❤️
I definitely feel the same way I should not have to ask or pay to see that tragic history
@@mommawanda9213 “We the Original people” ?? Are you Native American?? If not, then you are NOT Original people of this land. The "Original people" of this land is not responsible for any of this.
These look just like a shed , I saw many that look so familiar.
My family used shacks for sheds.
With metal roofing. They were very old , when I was little.
Just a shed .