The history of chattel slavery in the American South is not an easy subject to examine. The Lowcountry’s former plantations, where that history is experienced most acutely, are places of contradiction ...

On a Friday evening after work, C. Leigh Stevens did what a lot of people do, he poured himself a drink. Stevens’ cocktail, however, was sipped on a train out of Manhattan’s Penn Station roaring ...

What was it like to live as an enslaved family right here in the Triangle area? Today, you can visit remains of one of the state’s largest plantations – and learn the names and stories of hundreds of ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The rooms inside Woodland Plantation in LaPlace are nearly bare, and for good reason. There’s nothing to hide the whole history of what plantation life was. “They think ...

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. and Maui’s plantation history will be recognized through a “Talk Story” session from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Maui Historical Society, Hale Ho’ike’ike Bailey ...

CHARLESTON, SOAKING IN ITS BEAUTY AND HOSPITALITY, IT’S EASY TO FORGET THE DARKER CHAPTERS THAT UNFOLDED HERE. THE STORY OF THE ENSLAVED IN CHARLESTON FROM THE SHORES OF AFRICA TO THE AUCTION BLOCK OF ...

The public reaction to the burning of the Nottoway plantation, the largest remaining antebellum-era structure in the South, has been mixed. While many, particularly Black Americans, celebrate the ...

THE BRONX, Manhattan (WABC) -- As dozens of states have passed or proposed laws restricting Black history courses, New York City was the first in the nation to develop a K-12 Black history curriculum.

In the United State's South, plantation homes and properties are major attractions for both tourists and history buffs, and these plantations also serve as significant historical sites. Louisiana is ...