Houses with large wooden decks dotted one ... of 980 football fields—was one of several massive plantations on Skidaway Island, back then a short boat ride from Savannah. Today, that land ...

Karen Dove Barr, a resident of the lavish gated community known as The Landings on Skidaway Island, reflects on the land’s cruel history. Once a haven for newly emancipated Black families ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Skidaway Island, off the coast of Georgia, “not one blade of grass feels ...