day 2
New Orleans Area
Along River Road Laura: A Creole Plantation is one of the most intriguing tours along River Road; it focuses on the white and black Creole families that lived at this place in the 19th century. AlcÊe Fortier, the famed Louisiana historian and folklorist, recorded African stories about Compair Lapin (Br’er Rabbit) while visiting the plantation in the 1870s, and the present owners have made good use of the historical record to recreate the sites, sounds, and smells of this lost world.
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