Those allowances – from the King of England until 1776 and then Georgia’s governors after the American Colonies declared their independence – enabled the establishment of rice plantations ...

THOMASVILLE- Historic footage from a baseball game played at Thomasville, Georgia’s Pebble Hill Plantation has made its way for inclusion in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in ...

The owner of the slaves, Pierce Butler, had inherited the family's Georgia plantations some twenty years earlier, along with his brother John. But Pierce had squandered away his portion of the ...

Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches ... seemingly without embarrassment, “plantations.” But this lush, sunny resort island has a dark, violent, mysterious ...

THOMASVILLE- Pebble Hill Plantation recently announced that it will participate in the Georgia History Festival’s Super ...

Along with the ruins, visitors can tour a small museum featuring artifacts unearthed at Wormsloe and watch a brief film about the site and ... who maintained the plantation. Many visitors said ...

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to five-star Texas Longhorns quarterback commitment Dia Bell. The 6-foot-3, ...