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Travelers along this portion of the Great River Road will discover swamp tours, a storied smokehouse, and a handful of ...
A western Maryland community is excited about a new museum that will take new visitors back in time. Ground was broken Monday ...
Although the plantation is not operational today, in its history, over 400 people were enslaved at Evergreen Plantation. Many of them worked as engineers, blacksmiths and carpenters.
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Construction for the Destrehan House began in 1787, and was not completed until 1790. During the 19th century, Destrehan Plantation was a major producer of indigo and, later on, sugar cane. By ...
“And so you have generations of people that stay on the plantation and work on the plantation.” People worked the land there well into the late 20 th century. “Until the 1970s,” Banner said.
Charleston, South Carolina plantation transforms into a place of learning Every corner at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens tells a story of beauty -- and resilience Share Updated: 8:10 PM EDT May ...
Ashley Rogers, executive director of Whitney Plantation, speaks at the plantation in Wallace during a west bank bus tour of St. John the Baptist Parish as part of the National Trust for Historic ...
It too is considered a historic plantation in South Carolina, and it encompasses over 700 acres. The South Carolina plantations history website says its primary crop in the 19th century was rice.
Kent State Associate Professor of History and author of Black Ball, Leslie Heaphy, said, “The addition of the footage from Pebble Hill adds an element rarely seen from such an early period.