Bienvenue sur le Magnolia Plantation

This week-end, en route to Texas, Lacey and I stopped to explore this awesome Plantation. This isnt the first, and definitely won't be the last. I absolutely love this place, minus the eerie feelings.
Magnolia Plantation is apart of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the cute, little town of Natchez, Louisiana.
I didn't even know they had a Natchez in Louisiana. I want go into too much detail but this plantation was established by Ambrose LeComte II and his wife Julia Buard LeCompte. By 1860 the plantation had reached over 6,000 acres.
There are plenty benefits to this plantation being a National Park, and not just some "Plantation Tour". Firstly, it's FREE! can i get an amen. Secondly, you're able to explore at your leisure. No stupid tour guide going on, and on about the kitchen, and somehow forgets to offer some orderves. Lastly, it's park! The place is huge. If you love history, good or bad, you'll love this too.

This first photo set, are shots from the slave hospital that later became the overseers house for some time, after a mysterious fire occurred in the original overseers house.
The second photo set is of the slave homes and fields. Also, a few photos of cotton and old pics.

There is a book in reference to this area of Louisiana. It's quite old but a great read. The book is idealy called, Cane River [lol, im not sure why that was funny]. The book is by Lalita Tademy, and it follows four generations of African American women from slavery to the early twentieth century as they struggle for economic security and the future of their families along the Cane River in rural Louisiana.