Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave community. Excerpted with permission ...

However, the health of plantation slaves was far worse than that of whites ... of the day of reckoning and of justice and a better life after death, as well as the Old Testament story of Moses ...

“I was wrong, that’s why I’m doing this,” he says of his invitation to McGill and support of the Wormsloe Institute’s research into slave life on the plantation. The work being done on ...

The Whitney Plantation museum loses its federal grants for Black history and culture as a result of Trump's attack on DEI.

After the Black Lives Matter riots and the cultural reckoning of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, New York City’s ...

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and the harsh life of plantation work. A recreation of a traditional chattel house on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The houses were quickly and cheaply built from wood by the African slaves ...

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“I read one slave narrative of someone who was on that plantation which was horrific ... but you could see the joy and the life that can come out of that, because it’s not always about ...

These stories help to provide a more complete picture of plantation life and provide context for ... and those that employ descendants of former slaves. Not sure where to start?