The main reason to visit the Evergreen Plantation is for the 22 slave cabins. This plantation has two awesome oak alleys in the back, and one of the oak alleys throws shade over the multiple slave quarters. These buildings are in various states of repair and are majestic to behold.
The Evergreen Plantation was on my list for today. It is a privately owned, working sugarcane plantation, so you must stick to the tour and don’t have as much free access as at other plantations. The walk into the home is beautiful, and it is a special treat to climb the front stairway.
Yes, sugarcane is still a popular crop grown in Vacherie, Louisiana. A drive along the Mississippi River provides a view of multiple fields and the machinery that goes along with the harvesting process.
There is a tour of the Big House at Oak Alley Plantation that is extremely informative. All of the tour guides dress up in costumes from the time that the plantation was in operation. The original owners were Jacques and Celina Roman, and they obtained the property and built the house in 1836 with the intention to profit off of the sugarcane crop. They used slaves for labor and relied on the Mississippi River for transporting the crops and cane sugar to market.
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