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Caption: Plantation County of Louisiana's Great River Road #LoveWhereYouLive #OnlyLouisiana OAK ALLEY PLANTATION
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Caption: Known for it's quarter mile long alley of 28 magnificent Oak trees, each over 250 years old, and view of the majestic cypress trees in Louisiana's swamps boarding the Mississippi River
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Caption: Sugarcane was a labor intensive crop, much more so than a tobacco or cotton plantation, and as plantations along the Mississippi river turned to sugarcane as their main crop, the demand for enslaved workers reached a fever pitchThe enslaved community at Oak Alley, for example fluctuated between roughly 110 and 120 men, women, and children.
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Caption: . Oak Alley’s adaptive restoration in 1925 by her new owners, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stewart, was the first example of ante-bellum restoration along River Road.
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