Jay, what's your, what's your take on, on that?

Well, I'm glad that Jackie mentioned, uh, Whitney Plantation because they've really been at the forefront of the reframing of public history at our plantation sites toward the majority of people who lived on the plantation, which would've been enslaved African Americans and Afro Creoles here.

And because so much of our culture is deeply rooted in West African culture, we know that, you know, people of African ancestry, whether enslaved or free, going back to the early 1700s, were such a part of the culture here.

And the fact that their culture not only survived, but thrived and grew and interacted with many other cultures, despite the fact that these people were, you know, the majority of them were enslaved, were for well over a century here in Louisiana, were dehumanized and, and thought of as property.

And for, you know, not just seeing these, the history of these people at the plantations gives you an insight into them, but to experience the modern culture kept alive from the descendants of people who were enslaved, and to see w- what a tribute that living culture is to those who suffered through, you know, generations and generations of dehumanization.

You know, they, they kept that alive and that was eventually their ultimate resistance, just surviving.

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