The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.

African Americans had likely known themselves to be legally free before General Order No. 3, but acting on this knowledge was ...

After the nation’s largest antebellum mansion, Nottoway Plantation, burned to the ground in an unexpected and devastating fire, the owners are sharing what’s next.

Black people were overjoyed when the Nottoway Plantation burned down. ... But if you’re going to showcase history, don’t just do it through the eyes of the wealthy plantation owners.

A historic Black schoolhouse needs a facelift. Remembering a local hero by restoring of a 1930s-era plantation school.

In his book “Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War,” Matthew J. Calvin noted that to quell the impetus for resistance, plantation owners shifted July 4 to a carnival ...

When Nottoway Plantation burned, columnist Ed Pratt heard the voices of the people who lived there. All of them.

The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.

Samuel Hairston, the plantation’s owner, ... This photo provided by Jeff Bennett shows land that is being cleared near graves of Black tenant farmers, Dec. 10, 2024, ...

Owner of ruined Nottoway Plantation in La. hopes to rebuild. The home became a museum in the 1980s opening its grand doors, ... “Some call it a tragedy, but for many Black folks, ...

Owners of Nottoway Plantation express desire to rebuild after fire, insist they are ‘non-racist’ Last week, the nation’s largest antebellum mansion burned down in what authorities think was ...