Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Plantation Wedding Banned From Pinterest

[saintclaire87]

Why Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' Plantation Wedding Was Just Banned From Pinterest https://t.co/FlELZ4B25A
- E! News (@enews) December 7, 2019
Back in 2012, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were wed at the Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. The site was where hundreds of slaves were forced to produce bricks and harvest pecans, as

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[deadendqueen16]

Good. I will never understand wanting to get married in a place that held such massive suffering.

[emerald_soul]

They watch Sweet Home Alabama.

I think even Reese got married on a plantation lol

[likeiused2]

this is the true answer imo
most just really don't think about it because they've never actually had to think about it
they just think it's aesthetically pleasing and charming~

[moliphino]

I'll admit to not even thinking about it until recently. My friend's first wedding was at a plantation and I didn't think anything of it at the time (7ish years ago). Just googled it and they definitely had slaves there.

Part of it may be that I'm from the north and we don't have that history at the picturesque old buildings around here. It honestly just didn't occur to me, though I see how fucked up it is now.