Today, you will be researching a website about the town of Natchez, Mississippi.
In the middle of the 19th century, Natchez, Mississippi was one of the wealthiest towns in America. Named after the Natchez Indians who inhabited this bend in the Mississippi before the Europeans came, the town prided itself in slavery times on its high standard of culture.
You are going to be looking around the site, exploring the various rooms of a plantation, and surrounding areas, and taking notes about what you see.
The worksheet to use when exploring the site can be found to the right, under documents.
http://206.137.17.63/melrose/melrose.htm
