This is the HUGE fireplace where all the cooking was done for the plantation owners. Not the slaves. The feller is Ken, our guide.
<----- Can anybody guess what this is? NO, there won't be a prize!! 
This is sugar cane, a part of what was harvested back then. Kinda looks like Pompas Grass, only no Pomps!! Ya think?
This is the slave cabin, unlike most white plantations, this is up off the ground. Still the furnishings were sparse to none, they did however have makeshift beds, not cornhusk mattresses on the ground.
This was the "Overseers" house, he took care of all the slaves, and checked in with the "Massa" for instructions. He did not whip slaves, he made the slave driver do that. OUCH!!
This huge old Oak limb was so heavy it bowed it's head and started to grow in another spot, but is still attached to the tree. AWESOME!
This was the garden, if you are a gardener, this was a garden to be envied! There was everything from watermelon, 'taters, squash, several varieties, beans, peas, peppers, green and hot, ones rhubarb, kale, you name it it was here, just behind the "Big house" next to the kitchen. It was great!
This is Magnolia Mound, it is a French Creole Plantation, c,1791 It is built in the Acadia Style of building in that day. It is on 16acres now, but of course back then it was on approx.900acres, and slaves rarely saw the "Big House". By todays standards it tain't so big, but it was still very impressive! The thing above was a sugar snipper, you snipped the cane and used the little mallet to crush it and make it fine sugar! If I had to do all that I'd be skinny!!
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