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Tours of historic Whitney Plantation site
Whitney Plantation offers guided and self-guided tours of the site, which is a sugarcane plantation established in 1752 and now restored as a museum and memorial. Visitors can see original buildings as well as exhibits and memorial grounds dedicated to the history of slavery in Louisiana.
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