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Inside the Struggle to Preserve Georgia’s Butler Island, Home to a Notorious Plantation
Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...
The Garden Island1d
Looking back at the Lihu’e Plantation: 151 years of history
The roots of Amfac/JMB’s Lihu’e Plantation go back 151 years. Plans for commercially growing and milling sugar in Lihu’e began in 1849, when Henry A. Peirce of Boston sailed to Nawiliwili ...
A look at some of Tallahassee's first Black landowners after the Civil War
Before there was Whole Foods and Lululemon, and even before that, when there was a Miracle 5 movie theater, the land was ...
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Celebrating 200 years: Thomasville History Center prepares for the bicentennial
The Thomasville History Center is spearheading plans to commemorate Thomas County’s 200-year milestone, highlighting its rich ...
150-year-old coffee plant in Idukki a window to district’s early plantation history
The rare plant can be found in a coffee plantation on the church grounds of the British-built CSI in Pallikunnu near ...
Florida students are giving up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons their schools don’t teach
Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the ...
U.S. News & World Report6d
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Despite its aesthetic appeal, the plantation has a deep-rooted history in slavery. It was once home to many enslaved families, who resided in the property's four cabins from 1850 until the late ...