Life on the Whitney Plantation: 100 Years After Slavery
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Whitney continued to operate as a sugar plantation until 1975, with wage workers living on the property, including in the former slave cabins.
Vernita Gillard Hills was born and raised on Whitney Plantation in the 1950s. She and her daughter, co-author Dr. Tracie Therence Ferrell, through collections of anecdotes from Vernita and other family members' lived experiences on the plantation, decided to develop this book, Life on the Whitney Plantation: 100 Years After Slavery. It includes details of what they had to endure, where they went to school, what products were available for shopping, and more elements of daily life.
Dr. Tracie Therence Ferrell sees this book as a way to honor those who worked and lived on Whitney Plantation both during and after slavery. Workers received low wages as they contributed to the massive wealth of the state of Louisiana, the United States, and the global economy. Being a descendant of Louisiana's Whitney Plantation workers and inhabitants, she was inspired by her people who despite the immense challenges, were able to improve their social and economic status and overcome a legacy of low expectations.