Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer ... house servants and their owners tended to form more complex relationships. Black and white children were especially in a position to form bonds ...

according to “The Hairstons,” a 1999 book by Henry Wiencek that chronicles the Black and white Hairston families. Samuel Hairston, the plantation’s owner, was reputedly the largest enslaver ...

According to a new study on Black business in America, South Florida saw the second highest increase in the number of new Black businesses during that time, right behind the Atlanta metropolitan area.

An image showing the Saint-Domingue Revolution of 1791. Caribbean plantation owners feared the larger black population would rise up in rebellion. Slave Laws were designed to subdue the enslaved ...

On Caribbean islands the population of black enslaved people was usually much larger than the white European population. The plantation owners and white population lived in fear of rebellions.