As a designer of gardens, interiors, and flowers, I often am conflicted about the remaining enslaved dwellings in America that have gone unnoticed or have become invisible for hundreds of years.
The Master’s Home and furniture have always been of interest to tourists and thus a large business has been created around plantations.
There are preserved enslaved dwellings in Charleston SC that serve as a constant reminder to me, that not all individuals were equal in America.
The legacy of enslavement needs to be understood by all white Americans in order for empathy to occur.