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Antebellum Mansion Open House Week Now Tells the Whole Story

"But these days, some in Columbus are finding it difficult to justify a trip to a gauzy version of the city’s past without accounting for the suffering, injustice and violence associated with the slave labor that built and ran these homes. That has led to competing ideas about the scope of Pilgrimage and the story it is supposed to tell.

A theatrical production staged by a local high school every year during the weekslong event now depicts the plights of enslaved African Americans and 19th-century immigrants who lived in Columbus. The local synagogue has been added to a church tour. Other events feature the region’s Choctaw and Chickasaw history."

I agree. I'm here for the Whole Story!

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by Anonymousreply 9April 27, 2024 7:51 PM

Article in NYT about the open house week in Columbus, Miss.

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by Anonymousreply 1April 27, 2024 4:48 PM

Good God his eyebrows!

by Anonymousreply 2April 27, 2024 4:55 PM

Also notice HER swollen old claws.

by Anonymousreply 3April 27, 2024 4:59 PM

They quite old high school students OP. They must have repeated a few grades.

by Anonymousreply 4April 27, 2024 5:01 PM

They are Dick and Jo Anne Leike owners of LeBeau Plantation.

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by Anonymousreply 5April 27, 2024 5:03 PM

I hope they don't have an incident like at the Atlanta home tours.

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by Anonymousreply 6April 27, 2024 5:47 PM

"Beulah! Two more mint juleps! And hurry, or you'll get a whippin'!"

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by Anonymousreply 7April 27, 2024 5:57 PM

One tour guide wrote about how they weren't supposed to say anything about the actual conditions of slavery, only that enslaved people did live and work there. Some of the questions he was asked: How much were slaves paid? Weren't they treated well in spite of what some people say? Were they grateful to have a place to live?

He said it was so bad he started slipping in some of the cruel, inhuman facts and the guests were horrified--at him. How dare he put a damper on their delightful day.

by Anonymousreply 8April 27, 2024 6:05 PM

R8, only Trumpers and gay men would attend the Open House Week.

by Anonymousreply 9April 27, 2024 7:51 PM
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