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...audio tour at the Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, La., mentioned the hundreds of slaves who lived and worked there, but insisted that the man who owned them was an opponent of slavery who had always wanted to free his slaves but was blocked by his neighbors. The tour was based on the oral testimony of dozens of white parents, children, aunts and employees, but no former slaves...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: In the New South, Old Expectations Outlive Reality | 7/9/1999 | See Source »

...Francisville, about an hour's drive from Baton Rouge, contains several beautifully-restored antebellum plantation homes. The most elegant is Rosedown, which features gardens modeled after Versailles. The tour-guides in the house are charming ladies who cultivate the hospitality that is the South...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: New Orleans | 2/18/1987 | See Source »

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