"I believe those holidays were among the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholders of keeping down the spirit of insurrection among the slaves." --Frederick Douglass On Dec. 20, 1837, just ...

The Woodland Plantation House sits near the banks of the Mississippi River in LaPlace, La. The raised creole-style building with a rusty tin roof and wide front porch has Black owners for the first ...

“Birth of a Nation,” the story of Nat Turner’s 1831 slave revolt, opened in theaters Friday. But films like “Birth of a Nation” don’t just open: They explode into the collective cultural consciousness ...

LAPLACE, La. — Jo Banner is excited to show the newly acquired Woodland Plantation House near the banks of the Mississippi River. “We have still a lot of work to do, but I think for the home to be ...