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Feb 16, 2021 1 hr 2 min

295 Whitney Plantation Museum

from Ben Franklin's World

What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past? Ibrahima Seck, a member of the History Department at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, author of the book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860, and the Director of Research of the Whitney Plantation museum, leads us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Whitney Plantation and through the history of slavery in early Louisiana. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/295 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 017: François Furstenberg, When the United States Spoke French 🎧 Episode 124: James Alexander Dun, Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America 🎧 Episode 125: Terri Snyder, Death, Suicide, and Slavery in British North America 🎧 Episode 137: Erica A. Dunbar, The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge 🎧 Episode 167: Eberhard Faber, The Early History of New Orleans 🎧 Episode 281: Caitlin Rosenthal, The Business of Slavery 🎧 Episode 282: Vincent Brown, Tacky’s Revolt REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 [email protected] WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify

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