Fact Check: There Is NO Record Of Evelyn Duval, The Louisiana Plantation Owner's Wife Who Eloped With a Runaway Slave in 1847

Did Evelyn Duval, the wife of a Louisiana plantation owner, elope with a runaway slave in 1847? No, that's not true: This ...

Edisto gets first state historic marker at church founded by plantation owner's wife for Black residents

Edisto Island installs first official state historic marker in front of Baptist Church built in 1818 with money raised by ...

Southern Charm? In Trailer For Oscar-Contending Documentary ‘Natchez,’ Competing Mythologies Intersect In Antebellum Town

EXCLUSIVE: In the award-winning documentary Natchez, visitors to antebellum mansions in the titular Mississippi town wax ...

U.S. descendants of slaves and plantation owners visit London, Ont., to explore difficult past — together

Black and white descendants of a family that owned a plantation in South Carolina travelled to London, Ont., to learn more ...
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Silver statue of Abe Lincoln stolen from plantation turns up cut to pieces in Metairie pawn shops

A moody sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was stolen from Houmas House plantation in Sept. 2025 ...