Jo and Joy Banner recently purchased the Woodland Plantation in LaPlace, Louisiana, which was the site of the 1811 Slave Revolt, one of the largest uprisings of enslaved people in American history. The plantation was also where the Banner sisters’ ancestors were once enslaved.
“Knowing that home’s history and everything that happened, that our names are going to be put in paperwork of this home, that you’re going to see it going all the way from the 1700s and white ownership and all of a sudden that they got more melanin on that title history, we’re already seeing how impactful that is for us to be in this space just as Black women,” Jo Banner said to The Grio. “We’re going to provide access to the history in a way that Black people can feel welcome in the space.” 🙌🏾
The twin sisters are founders of The Descendants Project, @thedescendantsproject which seeks to “preserve and protect the health, land, and lives of the Black descendant community located in Louisiana’s River Parishes.”
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