At an antebellum plantation, during Black History Month, over 100 people came to a lecture about slavery on Saturday.

a once vast antebellum plantation. Drivers unfamiliar with this stretch of U.S. Highway 17 likely pay little attention to the remains of a 75-foot brick chimney that powered the old rice mill or ...

At the historic site’s Descendants’ Day, the Henleys collectively continued a tradition that extends back to 1857, when their ...

But the masters and slaves never approached equality. The standard image of Southern slavery is that of a large plantation with hundreds of slaves. In fact, such situations were rare. Fully 3/4 of ...

But many of the Lowcountry's historic sites are privately owned, welcoming the public only occasionally for fundraisers or other special events. That's the case with Plum Hill Plantation in ...

It’s summer in Arkansas and members of the Lafayette family arrive after the brood’s patriarch has died. They are ready to ...

Made from a unique compound of shell pieces, lime, sand and water known as tabby, the buildings are the remains of an antebellum plantation home, complete with a kitchen chimney, outbuildings and ...