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[–] zzx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dumb question but what is slavery style? Like it seems like everyone else can immediately tell, but by looking at the house I personally don't know enough to be like "that house is a slave era house". Is it just the architectural style? Or is there a different tell? Thanks in advance I'm ignorant and dumb

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum_architecture

It's a specific style dating back to the era of slavery. A lot of old plantation-type houses in the South have the style, and it's... grotesquely romanticized in some corners as a more 'rustic' time.

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they meant a more 'rusty' time, what with all the chains and manacles and whatnot.

[–] zzx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's cursed lol

[–] zzx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Got it makes sense! Thanks, this made some other things I've heard click into place.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Big parlour.

Large number of rooms.

Display of wealth and status in a rural area.

I feel like if you were going to own human beings then you would want to do it while living in an Antebellum Style home.