Fire Destroys Nottoway Plantation, Largest Antebellum Mansion in US

Annabelle doll conspiracy erupts after Nottoway Plantation fire in Louisiana

On May 15, 2025, a fire broke out at the historic Nottoway Plantation, now known as Nottoway Resort, in White Castle, Louisiana. The blaze began around 2:00 p.m. in the mansion’s south wing, quickly engulfing the 53,000-square-foot estate. Despite efforts by more than 40 firefighters, the iconic antebellum structure was completely destroyed. No injuries were reported. Built in 1859 by enslaved laborers for sugar planter John Hampden Randolph, No…

In the USA, a luxury hotel that used to be a slave plantation burns down. Does this finally lead to Americans dealing with their past?

Why a plantation house fire ignited a heated debate over slavery’s legacy

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked joy and anger online

After a fire consumed a mansion at the Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana, one of the largest houses before the American Civil War remaining in the deep south and where dozens of enslaved Africans worked, video footage of the emblematic place in flames lit the internet on the weekend with displays of joy and consternation.

Nottoway dishonored my enslaved ancestors. Why I still hated to see it destroyed.

A fire that destroyed the big house on Louisiana's Nottoway Plantation led to a predictable response, with some Black people cheering and some white people mourning.

A plantation on fire may feel like justice, but echoes of slavery haunt Baltimore, too

Martha S. Jones’s memoir research, in which she traces her roots along the East Coast to answer questions about race, skin color and identity, took her to the site of Bandon, a North Carolina plantation where she believed an ancestor had been enslaved.