Unlike other Louisiana plantations clustered near the mighty Mississippi River, the Laura Plantation tour features stories ...

Slave men, for their part, were often powerless to protect the women they loved. The drivers, overseers, and masters were responsible for plantation discipline. Slaves were punished for not ...

Instead, in some rooms you’ll find the silhouette of real people who were enslaved on the grounds of Woodland, allowing their ...

The remainder, some 429 men, women, and children ... New York Tribune entitled "What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation." He reported how the slaves, eager to impress potential masters ...

On the plantation, enslaved people continued their harsh existence, as growing sugar was gruelling work. Gangs of enslaved people, consisting of men, women, children and the elderly worked from ...