Opinion: A plantation tour from slaves’ point of view
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Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
Whitney Plantation in Louisiana is unique among those open to the public: it is the only one anywhere dedicated to the history of slaves and telling the story from their point of view.
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