Excerpts from the 1863 publication by Mortimer Thomson, What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation. . . The ... That night, not a steamer left that Southern port, not a train of cars ...

She says all Black Americans, not just those with family ties to the plantation, should learn about it: “Our people need to know what struggle we had.” For the communities around Georgia’s ...

It’s summer in Arkansas and members of the Lafayette family arrive after the brood’s patriarch has died. They are ready to sift through what’s left in the Southern plantation home, perhaps sell the ...

In 1828, Roswell King, Jr. was asked to contribute knowledge of "Southern Agriculture and plantation economy" to The Southern Agriculturist. Roswell King Jr, who along with his father had managed ...