A fire that ravaged Nottoway Plantation, one of the Deep South's largest pre-Civil War mansions, sparked a wave of mixed ...

Nottoway plantation just burned down, so we decided to look into its history and other plantations where the most brutal ...

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...

The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and ...

Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation was one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South, where scores of ...

From the Civil War to the building changing hands to a wedding venue and resort, here's the full history of what was the ...

Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

Explore the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass, a leader in abolition whose words and actions shaped the fight for justice ...

An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall called for an end to Confederate Memorial Day in South Carolina. Here, he shares emails from ...

There are no “good wars,” rather, there are wars with varying degrees of destructiveness. The American War Between the States ...

An outspoken supporter of the rights of African Americans is being remembered for his courage on a new Civil War Trails sign ...