1862 — Louisiana officially seceded from the Union. The Rosedown Planation fell to the Union and was surrounded by Union-controlled territory and the daily reality of war.

During my recent visit to my son’s home in Louisiana we toured a Southern plantation called Rosedown in St. Francisville, Louisiana, near New Orleans. The beginning gardens were taken care of by ...

The Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, USA, circa 1960. (Photo by Harvey Meston/Archive Photos/Getty Images) By Breanna Edwards ·Updated October 23, 2020 ...

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BATON ROUGE (dpa) – The manor house of Rosedown Plantation in the U.S. state of Louisiana shines bright white through the trees, its large veranda typical of plantation houses in the south.

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ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — An official sign declaring that slaves were "well taken-care of and happy" at Louisiana's most-visited historical site has been removed. State Parks official Brandon ...

The gardens of the Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site Wednesday March 4, 2020, in St. Francisville, La.

Rosedown Plantation is a popular feature of the West Feliciana Parish Historical Society's annual Audubon Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage, planned for March 20-22, was postponed due to the COVID-19 ...

State Parks official Brandon Burris told The Advocate it's unclear how long the sign was up at the Rosedown Plantation. About 850 people were enslaved there before the Civil War.