Explore how southern agriculture evolved through plantation farming, cotton production, and the invention of the cotton gin—transforming the ...

Explore how plantation agriculture shaped early America—from Virginia’s tobacco fields to the cotton plantations stretching from North ...

Firefighters from Baton Rouge operate Aerial 3 as flames burst from the roof of the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in White Castle, Louisiana. Michael Johnson New Orleans Advocate The ...

The public reaction to the burning of the Nottoway plantation, the largest remaining antebellum-era structure in the South, has been mixed. While many, particularly Black Americans, celebrate the ...

Durham County is home to what was once one of the largest slave plantations in the South. Today part of that former plantation is called “Historic Stagville.” This weekend, people of all backgrounds ...

Although generations have passed since the American Civil War, slavery’s past still taunts Black Americans in the form of Confederate flags and southern plantations. In fact, there remains hundreds of ...

The torrential rains from Hurricane Melissa caused losses to banana plantations and crops in the Southern region. “Given that the storm caused damage throughout the country, we want to ensure that we ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Firefighters from Baton Rouge operate Aerial 3 as flames burst from the roof of the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The largest remaining antebellum plantation mansion in the South has burned to the ...