When Nottoway Plantation went up in flames last month, the destruction of a place rooted in the nation's history of ...

Tyler Roberts sensed danger before smoke reached his room and saved his grandfather, Alderman Vernon Martin, plus went back ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear what the loss of the Nottoway Plantation House means to descendants of people enslaved ...

The recent fire at Nottoway Plantation, which reduced the “big house” to ashes, serves as a stark reminder of the complexities we navigate to uncover the truth of our history.

A Louisiana family is still working to pick up the pieces of their lives after a fire completely destroyed their home, and ...

Some plantation houses, like the Whitney plantation, offer a tour of the house that illuminates the history of slavery. This ...

It seemed like an appropriate time to visit Nottoway, which in many ways is emblematic of how some want to whitewash America’s fraught history with race.

When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation on May 15, she felt a surge of energy in her body as she recognized why the name was so familiar.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?

Firefighters from Baton Rouge battle a blaze as flames burst from the roof of the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La., on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Credit - Michael Johnson—The Advocate/AP ...

A fire that ravaged Nottoway Plantation, one of the Deep South's largest pre-Civil War mansions, sparked a wave of mixed reactions online, ranging from jubilation to dismay. The Louisiana landmark ...