Staying at the Shack Up Inn was one of the most amazing experiences I think I will ever have. The fact that they were actual sharecropper shacks just pulled me in to the history of my heritage. I love learning about my past as both an American and an African American. I loved the rustic feel of it and how cute everything was. On the flip side, I could see how people once lived and how they found community and a new life, albeit not a super great one. I could practically see men and women coming in from the fields they worked, coming home for dinner, using an outhouse, and sleeping in a one room shack, then doing it all over again in the morning. I loved that it was almost exactly like it was back then, just slightly more modern. I cannot wait to get my family out there and helping them to understand their past.
-Shana Sanders
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| Our quaint little bedroom, which is most likely where the bed was originally. |
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| Our "modernized" kitchen |
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| The view from our front porch. |
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| Looking out at what was possibly the plantation owner's home. |
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| Having a cup of good ole coffee. |
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| The Cadillac Shack! |
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| Abbie on our front porch. |
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