Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Built in 1791!
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2022
- The plantation house was once the center of a 900-acre operation with frontage on the Mississippi River. The main house was built circa 1791 as a small settler's house and as prosperity came to the lower Mississippi Valley, the house was enlarged and renovated in 1802-1805, to become the elegant seat of a major landowner. Spanning the colonial era and early statehood, Magnolia Mound's collection of furnishings and decorative arts include one of the foremost public groups of Louisiana-made objects, in carefully restored and documented settings.
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A, of course they didn't use a chamber pot to wash in!!!!!! However, as a person descending from BOTH slave owners and slaves, I believe that these houses should be preserved. Because many times slaves actually built them!! Their knowledge and skill needs to be appreciated and preserved!!!!
I'm 80yrs old and can not travel thank you . I also like the calm voice and how you go back and put in your corrections
The sugar cane mill is just like the one I grew up with as a child. My Grandfather was born in 1883 and my Grandmother in 1890 and they raised me. I am now 66 years old and I can tell you exactly how to use this cane mill. The U bolts at the top held the long pole that was hooked up to a horse and in my case it was granny the old mare. As Granny would walk in circles my Uncle would feed the cane stalks through the mill and the juice would collect in a bucket. It was us children who kept the buckets changed out and carried to our Granny and Aunt who stood at a huge cast iron kettle that was at least 5ft in diameter. The kettle was heated with oak wood and the cane would be cooked down to syrup and then we would bottle the syrup. From that we used it in many recipe's and my favorite was pulling homemade sugar cane taffy. My sisters and I would have our hands buttered with home made butter and when our Grandmother cooked the syrup down just right and cooled it she would have us girls pull the taffy out 6-8 feet and she would catch it in the middle with a big wooden spoon and raise it up high and we would come together and double it and continue pulling until it had just enough butter added and it was the perfect candy. Hope you enjoyed this little snippet of my life.
I don't think they used the chamber pot to wash in !! A pitcher and bowl on a wash stand would have been used !! We need to know about plantation life and the horrors of slavery and not erraticate it from history !!
One day the legacy of slavery won't be painful to recall, it was a time in American history. Blacks ain't mad.
And the house still standing a wooden house what I don’t understand is my grand mother house falling apart built 1974 I don’t get it
The slave quarters (the duplex) was quite fancy. Most quarters were mere shacks which provided no protection from the elements. Slaves were expected to work nights, hence the spinning wheel and weaving loom. Meals were usually grits/cornmeal mush seasoned with smoked pig's feet (or any other part the owner didn't want) added for protein. Small plots were sometimes provided so the slaves could grow their own food (in their spare time). Dandelions and wild berries were also eaten.
And a cistern held rain water that might have been used for washing clothes, cleaning, etc. but that water was not used for cooking or drinking. There would have been a water well where water for cooking and drinking would have come from. My paternal grandparents married in 1897, lived in southern Illinois. The house in which they lived had no indoor toilets, no running water, no doors on the closets as a room, no matter how small with a door was considered a taxable room. They had a deep water well in the backyard where water was pumped for cooking and drinking and their cistern was in the screened in back breezeway and that water was for bathing, cleaning, washing but not for consuming. My grandparents died in 1960 and 61 at ages 84 and 86… they never to my knowledge had running water or an indoor bathroom…barely had electricity. Their first child, my Aunt Delsie, was born in 1898… there were 3 daughters and 3 sons…my daddy was the youngest child and he was born 21 years into their marriage in 1918. I loved going to see my grandparents because their house WAS so very different from our house in Irving, Texas where I grew up. Life must have been very, very difficult for those living on this plantation but what a fascinating look back in time. We live in east Texas and have visited some of the major antibellum plantations in Louisiana. Our home in east Texas was built in 1912…it is a neat old house too…we bought it 34 years ago and are only the second owners. Thank you.
Louisiana didn’t become part of the United States until 1803. So this was built before Louisiana was part of the US.
The garden area by the sugar press was most likely to grow the sugar cane,. The round stone with the square hole is a milling stone. Wheat or some grain. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you for your service. I'm a Vet myself. I appreciate your sharing these places. There is room for paying respect to the past. Commenters who heckle and put it down don't have an understanding of the fact if not for the past we wouldn't be here. Everything had to start somewhere and it wasn't our choice. Ignorance is difficult to overcome,well for those who won't be taught. It rears it's ugly head here pretty often. We'll tolerate and let it go. Go with your feelings. It's okay!!
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In the bedroom with the baby's cot and ceramic pre pot, the pot was only used as an overnight pre pot. To wash your face etc they had a large ceramic bowl usually beautifully designed and decorated, with a large matching jug. The servant or maid usually brought up the jug with warm water in the morning so the person or people could wash before getting dressed. Glad you had your phone to film through the windows, worked well! Another informative and lovely explore! 🦘😊😀
The big barrel next to the back of the overseer's home is a cistern. It stored water that ran off the roof for household use.
Another fantastic job showing the plantation. Keep em coming. I love looking at them.
Very Amazing & beautiful Old Plantation Home, Thanks For Sharing !!!
Very beautifully done! Truly enjoyed it
I just found your channel. I live in Greenwood Louisiana right outside Shreveport. We have a lot of historic homes and I used to own one that is on the tour of homes. I just love history and I am enjoying your videos.
Thank You for this delightful, well done series on old homes; so happy to have stumbled across it. The comments here are also a wonderful lagniappe in addition to the amazing architectural innovation!
Really enjoyed your video and the explanations for each part of the plantation. Thanks for a great job.