A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New ...

from the origins of many modern police departments in slave patrols, to the historical overlap between lynch mobs and legal executions. open image in gallery The Louisiana ACLU argues the program ...

The city of New Orleans might still be recovering from hosting the Super Bowl, but that’s not stopping the birthplace of jazz music from getting ready to celebrate it’s biggest annual holiday this ...

“It’s an obscure place no one knows about, except those who are from Louisiana.” She called her mother over and continued to read. A link in the story led them to the Georgetown Slavery ...

Here is a part of their story of triumph in the face of adversity in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Newton “Newt” Smith was born into slavery on the McCain ...

the migration of slaves to the lower South increased the slave population in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas from 530,404 to 943,881. Even with this enormous ...

First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30' north latitude would be free. (This limitation was ...

Visitors are usually most interested in discovering how the lives of plantation owners differed from that of their slaves. Start Preparing a Louisiana Plantation Visit In New Orleans If you’re ...

It is home to former plantations that have recently been reconfigured to highlight the true story of slavery and its legacy ... Trump was sworn into office, Louisiana's Department of Environmental ...