Rich British aristocratic families with a legacy of owning colonial slave plantations are often accused by campaigners that their wealth solely originates from these plantations. One frequent target ...

Sugar's history is far from sweet. What we now see as a basic pantry staple used to be a rare luxury. For centuries, it was known as "white gold" because of how valuable it was. By the 17th century, ...

The work lives of plantation slave women -- The work lives of plantation mistresses -- Expectations of white womanhood -- Plantation mistresses' behavior towards slave women -- Plantation mistresses ...

In The Quarters and the Fields, Damian Pargas provides a unique approach to the examination of slavery. Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, he compares the ...

The Historic Smithfield Plantation Home is located west of the Virginia Tech Duck Pond. Built between 1772 and 1774, it was once the home of the Preston family and now hosts events such as weddings ...

Angelica and Rodney Mitchell always thought plans to build a large grain export facility just next door to their home in Wallace was out of step with the needs of their historic community. So the ...