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Located in the Natchitoches Parish of Louisiana, the remarkable Melrose Plantation is one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free black people. Also known as the Yucca Plantation, the site dates back to 1832. Louis Metoyer, who began construction of the home, was a son of Marie Therese Coincoin and Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer. The Metoyers were free people of color for four generations before the American Civil War.
When Louis Metoyer died in 1832, construction of the Melrose Plantation was taken over by his son Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer, who died just 6 years later. The young heir, Theophile Louis, was an inexperienced businessman and within five years was in deep debt. By 1847 Theophile Louis Metoyer lost nearly everything he owned and the Metoyer family was never able to regain ownership of the property.
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974, the Melrose Plantation is one of the most popular stops on the Louisiana African American Heri...

Born in western Pennsylvania, Ben quickly discovered that his parents were passionate about travel, photography, oil painting and wildlife. Being the youngest member of his family, he grew up exploring much of the eastern half of the United States at an early age with his older brothers. Ben's photography is about that part of his youth, echoing that same passion that his parents had of the Great Outdoors. Visit