🔥🙌🏿⚖#ArtIsAWeapon
When I first saw and shared this #art by #EboniHogan @the_wreckshop in 2020, I had never even heard of #NottowayPlantation. Fast forward to a few days ago when this historic house of horrors burned to the ground! May our art continously conjure celebration, liberation and justice.
🎨 1 - 2 & ✍️🏾 reposted from @the_wreckshop Since this has been making the rounds- Yes, Nottoway Plantation was the original drawing reference for this piece I did in 2020. And no, I still don’t care whose feelings are hurt🤗. All I do is stitch the world as I hope to see it! And there’s more where that came from!
Anyways, just wanted to say HI, IM NOT DEAD, just social media averse! But thanks for all the messages and for re-sharing my work. Now excuse me as I return to my hidey-hole where I can predict the future in peace✌🏾
🎥✍️🏾reposted from @keithboykin The Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum plantation house in America, has burned down. Built in 1859 by enslaved Black people in Louisiana for sugar plantation owner John Randolph, the plantation was later converted to a “resort” for weddings, events, and tours. The website for the resort lists the names of 11 of the TREES on the property but never mentions any of the 155 BLACK PEOPLE enslaved there.
📷 by Raheem Pierce; ✍️🏾 reposted from @etpmigratessouth 📍Nottoway Plantation, The Largest Antebellum Plantation In the U.S. Went Up In Flames, 5/15/25
Sugarcane plantations were some of the most deadly in the Americas. As we research our ancestors, the stories tied to plantations like Nottoway reveal not just pain—but also resistance, resilience, and survival. Built in 1859 in White Castle, Louisiana, Nottoway was the largest antebellum mansion in the South, a symbol of enormous wealth made possible by the forced labor of over 155 enslaved Black people.
• Owner: John Hampden Randolph, a sugar baron and enslavor.
• Main crop: Sugarcane—harsh, deadly, and labor-intensive.
• Built by: Enslaved artisans, field hands, and laborers, many of whom did not survive long.
Sugarcane Slavery Was Deadly:
• Life expectancy after arrival: often just 7–10 years.
• Constant exposure to heat, disease, blade injuries, and dangerous machinery.
• Little food, no rest, constant surveillance.
Resistance Was Everywhere:
• Work slowdowns, breaking tools, feigned illness.
• Escape attempts and participation in uprisings.
• Spiritual resistance through African-rooted traditions and secret gatherings.
• Cultural survival through music, storytelling, kinship and food.
🖤 As family historians, genealogists and descendants, we remember. These were our ancestors. They built this country—and they endured.
4. 📷 Iberville Parish Government
5. 📷 Michael Johnson/@apnews
#nottawayplantationfire
