Sleeping in Former Slave Quarters: Bed and breakfasts in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and NC [View all]

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The idea of converting former slave quarters for use as guest rooms in bed and breakfasts -- which has happened at some Southern U.S. inns, as well as a few in other countries -- is controversial.

Some people decry it as "a slap in the face" to the reality of history; others say the owners of these properties have a right to do the renovations and claim that those offended by it are over-reacting.

In an Associated Press article, Angela da Silva of the National Black Tourism Network said, "That's truly whitewashing slavery." In the same article, Jean-Luc Maumus, the French-born manager of Louisiana's Monmouth Plantation, said, "These are buildings with some history. We are not responsible for the history. The history's there ... Either you live with your past or you destroy it."

At NiaOnline, columnist Jill Kelly pointed out that some inns refer to the slave quarters as "servants' quarters," "carriage houses," or "dependencies."

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