Such efforts raise questions about whether students in the U.S. will ever be able to engage in free and meaningful discussions about the history of slavery in America and the effect it had on the ...

Throughout the South, people can visit plantations and other destinations tied to slavery, but the connections aren’t always clear. They can be in surprising places and look nothing like expected.

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 ...

Home in slavery -- Demarcating home and labor : Montpelier Plantation, Virginia -- Concealing for privacy and protection : Stagville Plantation, North Carolina -- Rooting one's people : Chatham ...

The history of Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, LA, is one with deep Southern roots. Considered an American heritage landmark, the stunning antebellum mansion sits about 200 feet behind a ...

When Jessica Smith leads tourists through Louisiana’s famed Oak Alley Plantation, she always asks why they decided to visit. It takes only one person to make her day. All they have to do is ask about ...

On Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New Albany officials were informed that street names in the Planters Grove subdivision are associated with Southern plantations, according to a news release ...

Some couples choose to celebrate their big day on former southern plantations, places that historically held enslaved people. Some believe that celebrating weddings at these sites promotes the ...