Nottoway Plantation Fire Reactions

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A historic plantation went up in flames, but people's reactions to it are the real story

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The Nottoway Plantation went up in flames on May 15, 2025 .

The 64 -room mansion was built between 1857 and 1859 for its wealthy owner John Hampden Randolph , who enslaved 150 + people to work his sugar cane farm.

Some people are sad to see the mansion burn, lamenting the loss of its magnificent architectural grandeur.

Others cheered with cries of "Burn, baby, burn!".

Like Nottoway , Whitney was primarily a sugar plantation, which made it all the more tragic for the enslaved people forced to work there.

The life expectancy for slaves on sugar cane farms was dramatically lower than those on cotton plantations.

Life expectancy on sugar farms was around 7 years and being sold to Louisiana for sugar production was often considered a death sentence.

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