COTTON, THEN & NOW is the story told at Frogmore Plantation, and there is cotton in the fields to pick from mid-July through April; then planting begins anew. An 1800-acre working cotton plantation, Frogmore has 19 restored antebellum structures that date from the late 1700’s, but also a computerized farming & ginning operation. Selected by Rand McNally as a “Must See Site” and rated a near perfect score by Trip Advisors, Frogmore’s narration reveals facts regarding the origin, political, and legal climate of enslavement. Facts regarding the emancipation, the music, and European factors that triggered changes in America assist visitors on their guided tour to depart with a thorough understanding of the evolution of plantation life. Visitors contrast the historical days with a tour of the computerized cotton gin and modern plantation that includes world production, cotton bale trivia, and seed products.
Tours begin immediately upon arrival and last approximately 1 ½ hours.
Frogmore Plantation also offers a concise but complete history of the Civil War on plantations, including causes beginning with our constitution, conflicts between Confederates and Unionists, economics and politics that fueled the fires, and effects on the enslaved and owners. This tour does not discuss battle strategy but does include the Union army regime and takeover of the Natchez District which included Northeast Louisiana. Frogmore was the site of encampment and skirmish for 1,776 Union troops.
