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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Berkeley County officials announced Tuesday that they have acquired a historic plantation site in partnership with the Open Space Institute. Blessing Plantation is a 628-acre property in Huger, set ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- There’s a bit of history tucked away on Bardstown Road, near the Watterson at the Farmington Historical Plantation. “It's like a little park in the middle of Louisville ...

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 ...