The hot pink Post-it note plucked from the colorful collection of visitor comments adorning a wall in the Welcome Center at Whitney Plantation pretty much says it all. The anonymous writer went on to ...

During the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project interviewed more than 2,200 ex-slaves throughout 17 states, including Louisiana. The narratives were cataloged in the Library of Congress and published ...

NMAF copy 39088013968409 is a gift from Ms. Betty A. Brooks & Mrs. Barbara B. Jackson. "The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although ...

Take the La. 119 exit off U.S. 49, drive about a quarter of a mile and you'll see St. Augustine Catholic Church standing along the Cane River. And resting quietly in a mausoleum behind the church is ...

For the American Cancer Society, it’s one of their signature events of the year, and the chance for the South Florida community to come together and honor the memories of their loved ones and ...

THE plantation that I know best lies in the heart of the cypress forest on the Black River. You may find the Black River (if you look for it on the larger maps of Arkansas; it has not sufficient rank ...

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 ...

SPRING HILL – Rippavilla Plantation will honor Black History Month with its seventh annual Plantation Life and Slavery Tour of Rippavilla at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The tour will ...

STAR-ADVERTISER At its peak Kahuku Plantation was farming 4,000 acres and housed roughly 1,200 employees who worked to produce sugar at the Kahuku Sugar Mill, which is seen in this Feb. 14, 1967, ...

For over 50 years, Wayne Subica has been collecting rare items from the 85 former sugar plantations on Hawaii Island. He never intended to open a museum, but as his collection grew and the last ...

After sunset, our plane landed in Kauai, the most western, very rural island of Hawaii. We rented a car, drove away from the glitzy coastal hotels, headed west for an hour through farmland and forest, ...