Haller Nutt's never-finished Natchez home, Longwood, was the last burst of Southern opulence before war and the federal ban on enslaving people brought the cotton barons' dominance to an end.
Haller Nutt's unfinished Natchez mansion, Longwood, was the final flourish of Southern extravagance before war and the federal prohibition on enslaving people brought an end to the cotton barons' supremacy.