The hot pink Post-it note plucked from the colorful collection of visitor comments adorning a wall in the Welcome Center at Whitney Plantation pretty much says it all. The anonymous writer went on to ...

NMAF copy 39088013968409 is a gift from Ms. Betty A. Brooks & Mrs. Barbara B. Jackson. "The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although ...

THE average American’s imagination is probably inclined to associate the plantation life of the Deep South, even today, with joyous lethargy and almost endless siestas, interrupted only by the vast ...

Take the La. 119 exit off U.S. 49, drive about a quarter of a mile and you'll see St. Augustine Catholic Church standing along the Cane River. And resting quietly in a mausoleum behind the church is ...

During the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project interviewed more than 2,200 ex-slaves throughout 17 states, including Louisiana. The narratives were cataloged in the Library of Congress and published ...