ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Kent Plantation House is hosting the annual Sugar Day Festival this Saturday, November 8, from 9 ...

In the 1700s and 1800s, Brunswick County was home to many plantations where Africans were enslaved and forced to farm and harvest the cash crop of rice. Four of those plantations were located along ...

While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...

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The historian’s splendid account sets out the ideas, inventions and relentless exploitation that drove the nation’s growth ...

The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg smells like sweet autumn nostalgia in the US, but the real story behind pumpkin spice is far ...

Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when ...

Meeting traveling nurses during the pandemic led to “Sacrament,” her 10th novel. “Our memories will be indelible,” she says, ...

The private company that promised to be “financially viable on its own” is losing money — and using government subsidies to grow its business.

Two infant siamang gibbons cling to each other. Barely 6 months old, their lanky limbs entwine their tiny bodies as they ...

The Indian avocado didn’t have the snob value. The imported ones are expensive. That’s where the December crop of Hass ...