Slave Quarters in Two Plantations of the South

choi

(1) Eve M Kahn, Plantation Museum Tells Story of the South. New York Times, Apr 24, 2015 (in the Art section)
www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/arts/ ... y-of-the-south.html
(slave quarters at the McLeod Plantation)

Quote: "At times the marshy McLeod property was so unprofitable to farm that it was deemed a waste of investment and nicknamed 'pickpocket place.' It went through a half-dozen owners before the Civil War * * * The McLeod site 'was much more representative of what would have been the norm,' said Shawn Halifax, the cultural history interpretation coordinator for" Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission)

choi

(2) She also wrote

A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood. New York Times, July 26, 2013
www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/arts/ ... -its-lifeblood.html
("where part of 'Django Unchained,' last year’s movie about a freed slave who tries to rescue his wife from a plantation, was filmed")

Quote:

(a) "WALLACE, La. — John Cummings is restoring a 1790s plantation house as a museum, but he hopes that future visitors will spend only a few minutes there [he wanted visitors to see slave quarters].

"The main attractions will be the grounds, with slave quarters, workshops and 250 acres of former sugar and rice fields. Having worked on the site here since 1998, he plans to open it to the public early next year. So far he has spent more than $6 million of his own money on restoration, new construction and acquisitions of antiques.

"Mr Cummings, a trial lawyer, sometimes taps his listeners on the shoulder or arm to make sure they are grasping the thoughts and emotions he hopes to stir at the Whitney Plantation. (The property has been so named since a branch of the wealthy Whitney family took it over after the Civil War.)

(b) "The staff at Evergreen Plantation, a nearby museum that also served as a film location for 'Django,' is looking forward to the Whitney Plantation’s focus on slave life.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest, which is inane.
(b) The Slave Quarters. Whitney Plantation, undated
www.whitneyplantation.com/the-slave-quarters.html
("Before the Civil War, the Whitney Plantation counted 22 slaves cabins on its site. The 20 cypress slave cabins, which housed the field hands, were located along the road, downriver from the Big House. They were still in a very good shape in the late 1970s when they were torn down * * * Slaves cabins acquired from nearby plantations have been moved on the site")