The Evergreen Plantation
Why Evergreen?![]() The Evergreen Plantation is the most intact and extensive plantation in the South, making it an attractive location for a movie like Django Unchained. It is one of three locations that has received the nations highest historic designation- Mount Vernon and Gettysburg being the other two. The plantation tour includes 22 slave cabins that are still in their original condition- serving as a good representation of what many other plantation's slave quarters probably looked like. Here you will be able to observe first hand the living conditions of nearly all African-Americans in the Pre-Civil War South. Your tour guide will give you information about what life was like for a slave on the Evergreen Plantation and what it was like for freed African-Americans working there after the ratification of the 13th amendment. While you are on the tour, be thinking about the way Tarantino portrayed this location and the tragedy of slavery. Does the movie's representation of slavery seem accurate based on your current findings? Or, are you upset by the way Tarantino chose to portray slavery now that you have learned
![]() more about the tragedy of slavery in the United States. You should now be able to answer the question, "Is slavery a reasonable subject for a spaghetti western?" Furthermore, we hope that visiting the Evergreen Plantation has evoked thoughts about how we, as a society, think about our nation's history with slavery. Slavery is one of the great tragedies of the United States and it continues to impact millions of Americans in economic standards, educational opportunities, and social discrimination. Some of the other locations on the travel itinerary will dive into these effects of slavery; but, you should leave the plantation with a better understanding of the history of slavery in the United States.
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ADMISSION AND TIMES:
This is an hour and a half walking tour that includes both the main house and slave quarters.
Evergreen Plantation 4677 Hwy. 18 Edgard, LA 70049 Call 985.497.3837 E-mail [email protected] ***Information courtesy of evergreenplantation.org |