Industry & violence
in
South Louisiana’s
Plantation Country
These aren’t the familiar stories of pirates, antebellum romances, and haunted houses…
but the history of greed, corruption, and exploitation that defined lifetimes.
Blood & Oil is the story of Greater New Orleans that starts after the tourist booklets end.
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Where it all started…
In 2022, Lauren completed her senior thesis at Mount Holyoke College on the 20th century history of Destrehan Plantation in St. Charles Parish, the oldest Creole plantation still standing in Louisiana today. Lauren’s award-winning research and writing led to this podcast, where we:
Take a wider look at South Louisiana’s oil boom in the 1900s;
Ask uncomfortable questions about the impact & future of plantation house museums;
And throw out the French-Quarter-tour-guide-version of New Orleans & Louisiana history.