Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United State's South, plantation homes and properties are major attractions for both tourists and history buffs, and these ...

Whitney Plantation and Museum, about an hour west of New Orleans, sits on lush green land, with palm trees and gigantic live oaks draped in Spanish moss. But the tranquil scenery belies the dark ...

With their oak-lined driveways and stately mansions, the plantations that line Louisiana’s River Road are some of the most recognizable landmarks in the state. But visiting plantations can also raise ...

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... Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt ...

WALLACE, La., Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Descendants Project announced today the acquisition and preservation of the Louisiana plantation where America's largest slave revolt was initiated ...

*For the first time in history, one of the most extensive plantations associated with a slave revolt in Louisiana is now Black-owned. More than two centuries ago, numerous enslaved individuals fled a ...

The recent surge in anti-Asian violence in the U.S. has put a spotlight on Asian American history, at least for a moment. “Racism is real in America, and it always has been,” Vice President Kamala ...

On Thursday, May 15, flames engulfed the Nottoway Plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana—one of the largest remaining antebellum mansions in the South. The fire raged for hours, ultimately reducing ...

WHITE CASTLE, La. — Flames ripped through a massive mansion in Louisiana, destroying much of the historic structure that was used as a plantation house when it was completed in 1859, authorities said.

The Nottoway Plantation was one of the largest remaining antebellum homes in the South. (Dukas / Universal Images Group via Getty Images file) When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at ...

LAPLACE, La. — Jo Banner is excited to show the newly acquired Woodland Plantation House near the banks of the Mississippi River. “We have still a lot of work to do, but I think for the home to be ...