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 ...

A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement ...

Historic plantations in the Lowcountry offer opportunities to learn about slavery By Adam Parker aparker@postandcourier.com 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.

Vincent Carter, 72, has lived his entire life in Gum Springs, Virginia. The town is within walking distance of George Washington’s Mount Vernon — an estate where Carter’s ancestors were enslaved — and ...

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 ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The plantation predates the Revolutionary War, officials with the plantation said to celebrate the 250 years, they are hosting an event Jul. 26 through the 28th on the plantation.

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 ...

The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811... Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt ...

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 ...

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. — A devastating fire broke out at the historic Nottoway Plantation in Iberville Parish on Thursday. Our partners at WBRZ in Baton Rouge shot video showing fire crews battling ...