Back of the Big House Event

Feb. 22, 2014 10am-4pm Learn about the African American experience on a North Carolina backcountry plantation. Food historian Clarissa Clifton will return to Latta Plantation to discuss slave society through food. She will use food to show the various levels of slave society in back of the big house. Clarissa Clifton will discuss the similarities and differences between house, skilled and field slaves. Suky Latta will be of particular focus as she was the real life cook for Jane Latta during the early 1800s. Also, learn about the characters, dangers, and triumphs of an escaped slave on the underground railroad as you go on a scavenger hunt around the plantation to find the supplies, skills, and knowledge you would need to successfully escape to freedom. Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and students, ages 5 and under free. Admission will include a new additional 7.25% entertainment tax imposed by the state of NC. Historic Latta Plantation 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, NC 28078 704-875-2312 lattaplantation.org Check us out on Facebook!