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Crews remain on scene after a fire engulfed the historic Nottoway Plantation, Friday, May 16, 2025, in White Castle, La.

Crews remain on scene after a fire engulfed the historic Nottoway Plantation, Friday, May 16, 2025, in White Castle, La.

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Fire at Nottoway Plantation ignites online celebration, painful reflection

After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footage of the combusted landmark lit the internet ablaze with mass jubilation and consternation over the weekend.