On my trip to New Orleans we visited the estate of some colonial sugar cane planters. The plantation was call Oak Alley after it's iconic Virginia
Oaks which are estimated to be 300 years old.
This is the back entrance to the house.
The thick carpet of fallen leaves.
This is a reconstruction of the original slave quarters.
One of the windows from the slave quarters.
One of the less elaborate chandeliers in the mansion.
The dinning room. The large contraption above the table in a fan that was pulled by a slave in the corner at a speed just slow enough to keep the candles lit.
The medallion above the chandelier is the original plaster and horse hair decoration that was there during the lives of the last plantation owners.
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