A fire destroyed the South’s largest surviving antebellum mansion – exposing the tensions between history and profit.

Fire crews mover a line around the now fully engulfed the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in White Castle, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP) WHITE CASTLE, La. (AP) — Flames ...

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation has revived a conversation about how properties born from slavery should be viewed — and how they should function today.

Nottoway Plantation, the Iberville Parish antebellum home near White Castle that became an iconic landmark along the Mississippi River, was destroyed in a massive fire May 14. Firefighters from ...

Nottoway Plantation became a resort and event venue Before the fire, Nottoway was a resort and event venue, and its website described it as “the South’s largest remaining antebellum mansion ...

Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It’s about anger and pain over slavery, too Preservationists say the jubilant reactions to the charred mansion reflect the trauma and ...

Nottoway Plantation became a resort and event venue Before the fire, Nottoway was a resort and event venue, and its website described it as “the South’s largest remaining antebellum mansion.” ...

After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footage ...