Lawsuit claims slavery persists at former St. James plantation with unmarked graves • Louisiana Illuminator

Lawsuit claims slavery persists at former St. James plantation with unmarked graves • Louisiana Illuminator

In this June 19, 2020 photo, members of RISE St. James pray over the graves of what are believed to be formerly enslaved Black people buried on the site of the former Buena Vista plantation. Formosa Plastics plans to build a manufacturing complex on the property. (Photo courtesy Louisiana Bucket Brigade)Community activists with ancestral ties to enslaved people at Louisiana plantations are using a unique legal theory to gain access to an unmarke…

Lawsuit claims slavery persists at former St. James plantation with unmarked graves

Community activists with ancestral ties to enslaved people at Louisiana plantations are using a unique legal theory to gain access to an unmarked slave cemetery on the property of a petrochemical company.