Unit 2: Plantation Tourism (TG1_gr2)
America’s Hard History
The document under
study is an extract from an article published on Condé Nast Traveler Website in
2021. It deals with the fact that it is important to address the reality of
slavery in the plantation museums because the legacy of the past still has an
impact on today’s society. At first sight, people perceive plantations positively
due to their nice environment and their majestic buildings. Besides, these
places are also used as venues for events such as weddings…
The goals of
plantation museums should be to use them to educate people on the past of
slavery and black history in general. On top of that,
it is interesting to note that the lands where the plantations were built on had
been stolen away from the Native Americans. In
addition, these places are here to make people remember about the hard
history of America so that this type of behavior will not happen again.
The text highlights
that the enslaved were seriously mistreated there as they were tortured, raped
and killed for hundreds of years.
The legacy of
slavery of slavery has been kept hidden in some plantations. However, in some other places they displayed fir the
visitors to see the tools used to oppress the slaves, such as the chains, or the
cabins the enslaved would live in…
(We will continue the study of the text next time. Be ready!)
Homework: Learn the lesson.
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