<em>The Whitney Plantation Museum </em>(<span>Wallace, Louisiana)</span>
Subject (Topic) <br />Dwellings--Louisiana<br />Plantations--Louisiana<br />Slavery<br />Sugar--Social aspects--History<br />United States--Louisiana--St. John the Baptist Parish--Wallace
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Subject (Object Type)<br />History Museums
Dedicated to the history of enslavement in the Southern United States, the Whitney Plantation is sited on the grounds where enslaved people labored in bondage for over 100 years. The museum is comprised of twelve historic structures. A number of memorials are also located on grounds, including a series of granite walls engraved with the names of the 107,000 the enslaved who spent their lives in Louisiana before 1820.
Museum founder: Cummings, John, 1938-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Opened as a museum: December 7, 2014
The Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 19, Edgard, Louisiana, 70449
<a href="https://www.whitneyplantation.org/history/plantation-owners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Whitney Plantation</a>
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Building and Structures
5099 Louisiana Highway 19, Edgard, Louisiana, 70449, United States
<em>From Absence to Presence, The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland </em>(<span>St. Mary's College of Maryland)</span>
<span>Subject (Topic)<br /></span>Mid-Atlantic United States<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Slavery--Maryland<br />St. Mary's College of Maryland--History
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Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
"In From Absence to Presence, the tectonic form of a slave quarter materializes from the ground up evoking how this history was uncovered from archaeological research – making the invisible visible. The surfaces are gradated in a pattern of staggered and alternating Ipe wood clapboard and mirror-polished stainless steel, recalling the staggered pattern of erasure poetry. In our design, rows of text on mirrored surfaces are “redacted” by clapboards to dramatically reveal an emergent narrative. Activist Angela Davis described the sacredness of slave quarters in the lives of enslaved peoples as “the only space where they could truly experience themselves as human beings.” As artists, we envision the private space of the slave quarters as a symbol of resilience, determination, and persistence." From RE:site Studio.
Allbritton, Shane<br /><a href="https://www.resite-studio.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RE:site Studio</a>
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Lee, Norman <br /><a href="https://www.resite-studio.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RE:site Studio</a>
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Baker, Quenton
Photographs by Renée Ater<a href="https://www.smcm.edu/commemorative/%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em></em></a>
Dedicated: November 20, 2020
The Commemorative Selection Committee; Saint Mary's College; Governor Larry J. Hogan and the State of Maryland; Dr. Jeffrey J. Byrd and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Byrd; Maryland Heritage Areas Authority; Maryland State Arts Council; and Southern Maryland Heritage Area.
St. Mary's College of Maryland, 47645 College Drive, St. Mary's City, Maryland, 20686
To see the dedicatory ceremony, please click <a href="https://www.smcm.edu/commemorative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
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Building and Structures <br />Visual Arts-Sculpture
47777 Mattapany Road, Lexington Park, Maryland, United States