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295 Whitney Plantation Museum
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What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past?
Ibrahima Seck, a member of the History Department at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, author of the book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860, and the Director of Research of the Whitney Plantation museum, leads us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Whitney Plantation and through the history of slavery in early Louisiana.
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Manage episode 285089570 series 60397
What does it take to create a museum? How can a museum help visitors grapple with a very uncomfortable aspect of their nation’s past?
Ibrahima Seck, a member of the History Department at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, author of the book, Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860, and the Director of Research of the Whitney Plantation museum, leads us on a behind-the-scenes tour of Whitney Plantation and through the history of slavery in early Louisiana.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/295 Join Ben Franklin's World!
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Complementary Episodes
- Episode 017: François Furstenberg, When the United States Spoke French
- Episode 124: James Alexander Dun, Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America
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- Apple Podcasts
- Spotify
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- Ben Franklin's World iOS App
- Ben Franklin's World Android App
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