Unlike most plantations, the Whitney functions as a museum about slavery, the only one. It opened in December 2014. The Big House (above) is said to be "one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture and one of the earliest raised Creole cottages in Louisiana".
My first stop of the plantation was the visitor's center. I had a few minuets before my tour began so I poked around the exhibits. Here are a couple things I find interesting:
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"Myself At Work" (1933)
I love practically all things Harlem (or er, Chicago, in Motley’s case) Renaissance, so much so that I themed my wedding after the movement/time period. In case you’re wondering why, it’s the vast production of “quality” art and the emphasis on self-definition of what it means to be a “Negro”. Motely was on the forefront of the movement producing work that explored and challenged stereotypes about Blacks, and also celebrated Black culture.
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