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| - I just got back from Christmas at Latta Plantation. I took my 12-year-old twin boys. We toured the small nature center first (minor point if interest), and then paid our $17 to see the Plantation.
The Visitor Center had a movie running in the exhibit area that lasted over an hour. It was about Harriet Tubman helping free the slaves, and had a Christmas theme. We caught parts of it on the way in and out... It was really a bit slooow for this sort of place.
The Visitor Center exhibits explain a lot about the folks who lived there a long time ago, and they display some of their relics. You can also grab some refreshments and souvenirs, if interested.
The large house is fully decorated, and we took a tour that showed us how folks lived back then. It was moderately elegant, but life was still hard.
There was a weaver working upstairs, and museum workers in each room showed us some of the features of the house.
A kitchen out back was fully functional, with a demonstration of brick fireplace cooking going on.
There are sheep, cows, pigs, goats, and horses here. A slave cabin is set up, so you can see how the slaves lived at the time.
This is a small plantation, so don't expect anything lavish. But do expect to find a museum-like experience that does give an honest portrayal of liffe in the pre-civil war era.
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