Melrose Plantation is a history museum Melrose located in United States.
3533 Louisiana 119 Melrose , LA 71452 United States
Actually built by the first creole inhabitants of cane river , LA...who were often placed in the same category as free blacks when the Louisiana purchase became American territory...just to be clear.
This is one of the largest plantations in the US built by and for free blacks . Also see some other noteworthy contributions made by African Americans: http://bet.us/BHM
Also known as Yucca Plantation , this plantation was the first to be built by and for free blacks . Read more