4 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
13 people
English
Travel outside the city along the the Mississippi River to the famous River Road, home to many of Louisiana’s antebellum plantations. Explore Destrehan Plantation which is the oldest documented plantation home in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The tour highlights include a guided tour of the home by a costumed interpreter an artisan demonstration, original documents and artifacts, exhibits such as the 1811 Slave Revolt and the Rost Home Colony, picturesque grounds.
During this 1-hour walking tour, you find yourself immersed in the rich history of Louisiana during the era when French was the main language and the white gold of sugar drove the economy. Family stories of those free and enslaved set against the fabric of history are sure to intrigue you as you visit the site.
The plantation was home to Marie Celeste Robin de Logny and her husband Jean-Noel Destrehan, the most successful sugar producer in St. Charles Parish and one of the driving forces in Louisiana Statehood. The plantation exhibits an original document signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison appointing Destrehan to the Orleans Territorial Council, responsible for creating Louisiana’s civil law of government
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Destrehan Plantation was the site where one of the three trials took place following the 1811 Slave Revolt, one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. History, led by Charles Deslondes.
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
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