Destrehan Plantation Tour with transportation

Destrehan Plantation Tour with transportation

You will find yourself immersed in the rich history of Louisiana when french was the language and the white gold of sugar drove the economy.
The Plantation history consist of many notable people and events. The plantation exhibits and original signed documents signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison appointing Jean Noel to the New Orleans territorial Council responsible for creating Louisiana Civil Law Government.
Desterhan plantation was the site where one of the three trials took place following the 1811 slave revolt one of the largest slave revolts in US history by Charles Deslondes. During the Civil war the union army seized the plantation and established colonies were newly freed slaves learned trades enabling them to transition into a life of freedom

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Stop At: Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Rd, Destrehan, LA 70047-5202

Establish in 1787 and listed on the national registry of historic places remains the oldest documented Plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley. We invite you to travel from the French and Spanish colonial periods through the antebellum grandeur of the sugar barons,to the ravages of the Civil War and the rebirth of reconstruction.

Duration: 2 hours