Friends visiting in Arkansas often ask where they can visit old Plantations. Plantations? They must think they are visiting Vicksburg, Miss. or one of the other locations where wealthy landowners ...
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 Nottoway Plantation fire reignited national debate over how slavery-era landmarks are remembered. Reactions were split, with the Black community calling the destruction a form of payback. The fire ...
They were also gifted rationalizers intent on justifying the institution of slavery. They were greedy. They were arrogant. They believed in racial superiority. The people they enslaved were ...
Amy Potter receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Derek H. Alderman receives funding from National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities. Such efforts raise ...
LAPLACE, La. — Jo Banner is excited to show the newly acquired Woodland Plantation House near the banks of the Mississippi River. “We have still a lot of work to do, but I think for the home to be ...
Since moving to Brunswick Plantation in 2014, John and Kathy Harvey have already watched their home become an island surrounded by floodwaters a handful of times. But it wasn't until late last year ...