What would a visit to this area be without visiting one of the plantations in the area. Oakland Plantation is in Natchez, Louisiana.
Per the NPS website the land was granted to Jean Pierre Prudhomme in 1789 by the Spanish government and he made a fortune in rice, sugarcane, tobacco and cotton and held 104 slaves by the time of his death in 1845.
The plantation continued to be passed down from one generation to the next and the core was sold to the National Park Service in 1997 per NPS website.
