BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places — but ...

Many Americans now are seeking to come to terms with a long legacy of racism embedded in fabric of a country that, since its colonial origins, has subjugated and oppressed Black people. During the ...

Gwendolyn Glenn: If you’ve ever wondered what life was like in the South Carolina midlands during the enslavement period in the 1700s and 1800s, Historic Brattonsville in York County has some answers.

The answer is clear about the innate inhumanity of slavery. Abuse ran rampant, everything from rape and dismemberment to separating families. Enslaved people lived in constant fear. Violence was ...

Historic plantations in the Lowcountry offer opportunities to learn about slavery By Adam Parker [email protected] Adam Parker has covered many beats and topics for The Post and Courier, ...

In recent years, historic plantations in Virginia have worked to refocus attention on people who were enslaved. Over the past month, Belle Grove Plantation near Winchester found a special way to do ...

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 ...

Latta Plantation remains closed following backlash against a Juneteenth-timed event advertised as highlighting the plight of “white refugees” in the aftermath of the Civil War. After the event was ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – Walnut Grove Plantation in Spartanburg County is once again welcoming visitors for inside tours after 18 months of restoration. Historians said the project breathed new life ...

Image is in the public domain. Metadata is available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Located on nearly 2,000 acres along the banks of the Potomac River, Stratford ...