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Suzannah Herbert

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The Complicated History of Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez, Mississippi is home to one of the largest concentrations of antebellum homes, and tourists come from far and wide to see them. But Natchez was also a center of the cotton trade, and had one of the biggest slave markets in the country. Filmmakers Suzannah Herbert and Darcy McKinnon made a documentary about this beautiful and complicated place, and how its residents wrestle with which story should be told to visitors.
Black NPS ranger sitting in front of a plantation house museum in Natchez.

In Natchez, Black History Is Big Business

Suzannah Herbert’s new documentary explores a town grappling with its history of enslavement.