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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Savannah - the drinking culture and slave trade history was just depressing. Good shrimp and grits, though. [/quote] I’ve never been to Savannah and do want to visit for the food and history. I have been in other parts of the South and find [b]plantation tours strange- they often gloss over the slavery and indentured servants part of the operation.[/b] Another big attraction in the South that didn’t impress me was Biltmore Estate. IMHO, so tacky and gaudy. You really have to think a lot of yourself to build such an excessively obscene estate. Biltmore, was part of our trip to the Carolina Smokies, which is a lovely area.[/quote] 100%. I went to oak alley and they kept talking about how great the slave owners were, how much they loved each other (apparently he built the house extra low bc wife was short??) and how they ‘allowed’ the slaves to ‘sign on’ for employed work after slavery was abolished. They still lived in slave quarters and were paid almost nothing, but good for the slave owners!!![/quote] How long ago did you visit and where? The plantations on River Road in Louisiana, at least, have huge educational and tribute sections on slavery. [/quote]
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