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 ...

North Augusta resident Milledge Murray shared insight on two of his ancestors who played major roles in the early development ...

She says all Black Americans, not just those with family ties to the plantation, should learn about it: “Our people need to know what struggle we had.” For the communities around Georgia’s ...

Excerpts from the 1863 publication by Mortimer Thomson, What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation. . . The largest sale of human chattels that has been made in Star-Spangled America for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Georgia and Florida. There is a free self-guided audio tour at the plantation, "The Lion's Story Teller." Past visitors recommended opting for the detailed and informative audio tour, which ...