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SoWhat
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Fri Jul-10-15 10:48 PM
71. "Yup"
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Would You Ever Want to Go on a Tour of a Plantation???
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Fri Jul-10-15 02:22 PM
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I lived there 13 years, never went once.
Dr Claw
Jul 10th 2015
1
yep. its crazy. and apparently they have re-enactments and shit
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
2
Wonder where the $ goes
Amritsar
Jul 10th 2015
3
i'd say salaries and upkeep just to be nice
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
11
Did you see this Vox piece from a former plantation tour guide?
John Forte
Jul 10th 2015
4
You're really bumming us out talking abt this slavery stuff...
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Jul 10th 2015
7
right. "did they appreciate what they got?"
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
13
that was a good read.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
9
It's crazy to think I have a better concept of slavery than those Americ...
Ted Gee Seal
Jul 10th 2015
49
my sister went on a plantation tour once with a former BF from europe
40thStreetBlack
Jul 10th 2015
59
RE: my sister went on a plantation tour once with a former BF from europ...
Ted Gee Seal
Jul 10th 2015
62
nope! i never understood us goin to Williamsburg like its...
Big Kuntry
Jul 10th 2015
5
we went there for our class trip in 12th grade
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
15
colonial Williamsburg was the 1st thing i thought of.
BigJazz
Jul 10th 2015
31
we went in 9th grade. we tried to holla at girls from other schools
legsdiamond
Jul 10th 2015
50
reminds me of this video
teefiveten
Jul 10th 2015
6
i remember that video.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
17
And can I add the Slave Ship Museum in LA to the list?
Big Kuntry
Jul 10th 2015
8
in the shape of a fucking boat? really.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
18
Yes. Helps me with visualizing history
flipnile
Jul 10th 2015
10
i respect your opinion
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
27
What you're saying here is part of what I was trying to say:
flipnile
Jul 10th 2015
35
In my 8th grade Louisiana HIstroy class, we went on one...
Creole
Jul 10th 2015
12
that's how they get kids too
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
24
I visited several when I was in undergrad
afrogirl_lost
Jul 10th 2015
14
i'm on the more rebellious side of the coin
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
23
we can not ever forget.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
28
but the idea that our history started with plantations is wrong
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
30
sure. it started in the slave castles.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
32
it absolutely did not start in the slave castles.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
36
no it started when they were marched TO the slave castles.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
41
Agreed...it started on the continent as free Africans
afrogirl_lost
Jul 10th 2015
58
That doesn't mean you have to burn all plantations down though
csuave03
Jul 10th 2015
33
Agreed...it reminds of Rod Serling's speech on concentration camps...
Frobert
Jul 12th 2015
84
Yeah I feel you...I'd like to see the land turned over to local
afrogirl_lost
Jul 10th 2015
60
I mean, once you tour the slave castles, Plantations are the next
Teknontheou
Jul 10th 2015
16
i haven't had an opportunity to visit the slave castles, but i don't thi...
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
34
i was silent during the tours
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
39
i get it....i do.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
42
**YOU** ARE THE VICTORY.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
44
i feel like we're so far off from their victory tho
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
47
ok.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
48
nigga you live in America. People are still dying trying to get here in ...
legsdiamond
Jul 10th 2015
51
good post
Mgmt
Jul 10th 2015
65
RE: **YOU** ARE THE VICTORY.
Meadow
Jul 13th 2015
101
Sure. I took a tour of a concentration camp so ... why not. I'll admit, ...
SuiteLady
Jul 10th 2015
19
i went to the holocaust museum and i'll never do that again
Big Kuntry
Jul 10th 2015
22
^
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
29
that's funny because I was just telling someone today that when I went t...
SuiteLady
Jul 10th 2015
38
i've using the term labor camps when talking about them lately
kayru99
Jul 10th 2015
20
how do you feel about them tho.
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
40
I grew up minutes from at least 5 plantations. How many times have I bee...
placee_22
Jul 10th 2015
21
how much do you think your parents had to do with that?
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
45
i've toured 2 slave castles in Ghana.
SoWhat
Jul 10th 2015
25
Yes. I live near Stagville...
kevb
Jul 10th 2015
26
do you think there's any glory in plantations for white people
MrThomas43423
Jul 10th 2015
43
Just looked into this
csuave03
Jul 10th 2015
37
I honestly don't think I would have a problem with it.
ShinobiShaw
Jul 10th 2015
46
fuuuuuuuuuck no.
BrooklynWHAT
Jul 10th 2015
52
when i was in Savannah I went to Wormsloe. i went for the trees
legsdiamond
Jul 10th 2015
53
hell yes
Ashy Achilles
Jul 10th 2015
54
I've been before. It was important for me to go
Sleepy
Jul 10th 2015
55
yup.
Government Name
Jul 10th 2015
56
Yes.
Marla
Jul 10th 2015
57
only if you can go to a water park after...
sosumi
Jul 10th 2015
61
ive done extensive research on my direct ancestors for 10 yrs now
seasoned vet
Jul 10th 2015
63
I can't even understand how Alcatraz is an attraction
bentagain
Jul 10th 2015
64
Some of the best views of the bay area are on Alcatraz
Amritsar
Jul 11th 2015
77
I think the same thing about Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly
exactopposite
Jul 11th 2015
79
I've been to about 5.
bayoubyyou
Jul 10th 2015
66
Yes. To see the land with my own eyes and to imagine the people
shamus
Jul 10th 2015
67
essentially, you are already on one.
kinetic94761180
Jul 10th 2015
68
This too
csuave03
Jul 10th 2015
72
i won't argue with that at all.
MrThomas43423
Jul 12th 2015
86
NO WE ARE NOT. And it's disrespectful to your ancestors to say
Buddy_Gilapagos
Jul 13th 2015
89
yes, I'm so fucking sick of stupid shit like that
blkprinceMD05
Jul 13th 2015
92
it's only stupid if you take it literally.
kinetic94761180
Jul 13th 2015
96
i think we disrespect our ancestors in much more worse ways.
kinetic94761180
Jul 13th 2015
95
Context is EXTREMELY important people
csuave03
Jul 13th 2015
99
RE: y'all must hate metaphors.
kinetic94761180
Jul 13th 2015
100
Stick to your guns. Is it a metaphor or are you...
Buddy_Gilapagos
Jul 14th 2015
103
RE: Stick to your guns. Is it a metaphor or are you...
kinetic94761180
Jul 14th 2015
104
how is it that-
kinetic94761180
Jul 14th 2015
105
I've been and would go again.
The Wordsmith
Jul 10th 2015
69
I went to a plantation in Florida. It was hard but necessary.
Castro
Jul 10th 2015
70
There's a restored plantation house on top of a hill about a
Lardlad95
Jul 11th 2015
73
Only if black folks of that heritage were allowed free admission
Atillah Moor
Jul 11th 2015
74
good idea
Government Name
Jul 11th 2015
81
im with this notion
LES
Jul 13th 2015
91
no but i've trespassed onto one
samsara
Jul 11th 2015
75
Shit. The school I went to from 3rd - 12th grade used to be a plantation...
Overqualified
Jul 11th 2015
76
mercy. and the school openly admitted that it was a graveyeard?
shamus
Jul 11th 2015
80
Well, it was a rumor, but given that it was a plantation - likely true.
Overqualified
Jul 13th 2015
94
went to one in while in Charleston recently
sectachrome86
Jul 11th 2015
78
RE: Would You Ever Want to Go on a Tour of a Plantation???
Brownsugar
Jul 11th 2015
82
XXXcellent Post!!!....n/m
Brownsugar
Jul 11th 2015
83
what i learned from leading tours about slavery at a plantation (swipe)
_explain555
Jul 12th 2015
85
Texas wants to downplay slavery, remove Jim crow& kkk from text books -
Riot
Jul 12th 2015
87
This is where I am. I ain't trying to help them erase history.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Jul 13th 2015
90
only if its to buy
godleeluv
Jul 13th 2015
88
Would you buy to...
Brownsugar
Jul 13th 2015
93
i went on one in jamaica
GirlChild
Jul 13th 2015
97
Hell yea if you trace your ancestry there you can sue
Musa
Jul 13th 2015
98
Been there done that. Whoever says no is in denial.
Case_One
Jul 13th 2015
102
Yep
lfresh
Jul 14th 2015
106
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