Two centuries later, a number of women in Oakland are recreating the Underground Railroad quilt. It’s one of the annual ...

In fact, there remains hundreds of plantations in the American south— many of which are still ... the 53,000-square-foot property is home to a 162-year-old Oak tree named Ella Eugenia.

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

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

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people ...

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...

The climb to the top of Boston’s Old South Church bell tower is a labyrinth of steps and catwalks stretching more than 200 feet into the air. Thin railings are the only thing to hold on to as you trek ...