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As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period
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As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period

Jennifer Sandlin
May 21, 2025
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I'm from Louisiana, so my social media feeds have been filled with news about Nottoway Plantation—which was destroyed in a fire last week.

Black Enterprise describes Nottoway as "a monument to Southern grandeur built on the backs of enslaved Black people." The fire started on May 15 and raged for more than 40 hours, b…

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