Plantations aren’t paying reparations, but have started programs to give back to descendants

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

Posted on Jun 8, 2021

The Whitney Plantation Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Whitney Plantation is a genuine landmark built by African slaves and their descendants. As a site of memory and consciousness, the Whitney Plantation Museum is meant to pay homage to all slaves on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the US South. Photo by Bill Leiser. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

“The more institutions open the door to these conversations and make that commitment, the stronger the effort is to make a push for federal reparations.”

–Niya Bates, senior fellow, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Plantations that now serve as museums have worked in recent years to better acknowledge the experiences of enslaved people, rather than focusing on those of enslavers. Although none has implemented a formal reparations program, some have launched scholarship programs to benefit their Black descendants.

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