Laurel Valley Plantation

We three, a local and us from Oregon, really enjoyed our time. From the moment we were greeted at the Store until we got a fond farewell by Gary, our Cajun guide. We learned an immense amount of history and one of us has a degree IN history! Generous people with big heartsThx folks!

Totally awesome to walk around the actual slave quarters and plantation. Even being here it is hard to imagine what those times were like. Nice to see that these are being preserved so that we can learn from history and never repeat this sad part of American history.

The Laurel Valley Heritage Foundation is in charge of maintaining this Village of slave homes. Some are in need of minor repairs, some major repairs. There was a wooden fence all around the property and gates that were locked. I was hoping there would be someone here to let people walk around. But there wasn't. There was a gravel parking lot. When I am in the area in the future, I will make sure to stop back by to see if I can actually walk around. This is an amazing spot with so much potential.

Recommend to everyone. All should know how so called humans treated other human beings. Evil. Thank you for this memorial to my people. Their voices are heard.

After stopping at the Laurel Valley General store and getting the story about this plantation, we decided to drive down this road and see the cabins. When you turn on the road, you see a row on each side of old slave cabins. They are behind barbed wire fences so you can't go inside them, but it's an amazing thing to look at. They have an old school house as well. They did film a movie on this road. Its worth a drive down the road to see what's left of the cabins and imagine what life was like.

The visit only takes about 5-10 minutes because much of the property is behind barb wire fencing. You aren't allowed to actually go into any of the buildings either or even get close. This may be due to safety reasons though because they are really old. Some people do stop their car on the side of the road to take pictures. I do admit though, it is pretty cool to see this stuff in person. I only saw pictures of places like these in text books. There are a bunch of old slave living quarters in in the area. I just can't imagine how horrible it was to live in conditions like this, especially during the hot summer.

Visited today and was told by the tour guide that "slaves had a pretty good diet" and the "Slave lives mattered more than Irish lives on the plantation. Triggering AF. Won't be back.

I have been here several times and thought I had written a review. Heading here today, hopefully. The animals can be petted and fed. My granddaughter loves this place. This might be my grandsons first visit here today. I really love the old Country Store/Museum. The Volunteers who work here all sell items in the store. Great place for a day trip!

We rode out here a few years ago and absolutely loved see the history and housing that housed many slaves. Not that I agree with that but it's our history and to see it first hand and how they keep it up and available for people to visit is awesome!!! With this craziness going on now - we look for places to ride to that wouldn't be congested !! Rate this A+ for a motorcycle ride from New Orleans!!

Below is a link to an informative article by Karen Kingley. Although Tucker, the founder of the plantation, brought 22 slaves with him from Tennessee in 1832, the bulk of the 450 people who worked and lived on the plantation were white Acadians, not slaves. https://64parishes.org/entry/laurel-valley-plantation