[NIFL-ESL:7328] Re: COABE plantation tour

From: Anna Silliman (anna@handsonenglish.com)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2002 - 13:29:31 EST


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> Are there any "alternate" tours in the south?,

If you ask politely, there might be. Remember that 
many of these plantations are privately owned and the
tours are privately operated, so they will vary in
quality, attitude and attention to history.

When I visited a plantation near Baton Rouge,
our group got the typical "white folks" tour, with
brief mention of slave quarters. But, a polite
young black man in the group asked the tour guide
for more information after the tour. She opened up
a private library for him, and after sending the rest
of us on our way, spent time showing him some books
and answering his questions.

He was clearly getting access to info not available
to the general public. I hope he found what he
was looking for.

--Anna



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