<p>In this episode, Joseph and Katy chat once more with Dr. Brittany Cochran Jones, a member of the Laura Plantation Descendant Community about the role of formerly enslaved men from Laura Plantation who fought in the U.S. Colored Troops, their role in founding the First Baptist Church of Vacherie, and the enduring legacy of leadership in the descendant community. </p>

Laura Plantation provides a cultural experience unlike any other in the United States. Explore the rigors of 200 years of daily life, along with the sobering experience of slavery as it happened at one historic site on the banks of the Mississippi River in the middle of New Orleans plantation country. In this podcast, Joseph Dunn, director of public relations and marketing, will be your guide into the Creole world, offering you compelling stories of the people who lived, worked, and died at this unique historic site. Real History. About real people.