The origins of the Imperial Sugar Company began when Nathaniel Williams established the Oakdale Plantation just southwest of Houston in 1843. Oakdale was a self-sufficient and diversified operation, ...

Aimed at boosting cotton productivity, the agriculture and textile ministries would be discussing with the ministry of ...

A 1.5-mile avenue lined with over 400 live oak trees creates a tunnel of branches draped with Spanish moss. It’s like driving through a scene from a dream or a movie set. The trees were planted in the ...

Shutterstock The Old Slave Mart in Charleston, South Carolina Charleston became a major center for buying and selling ...

Shutterstock The Kingsley Plantation Zephaniah Kingsley bought 13-year-old Anna Madgigine Jai at a slave auction in Havana, ...

Cotton, once king in Louisiana, has become little more than an afterthought for farmers whose fertile fields once looked like snow covered ground with fluffy white bolls during the late summer as ...

There's not much happening in Lake View as I drive through the Phillips County community on a summer afternoon. A few people ...

America is a melting pot of people — and today — more than one million Italian Americans can trace their history back to a ...

Step into Southern history with stunning antebellum homes, showcasing grand architecture, elegant details, and timeless ...

In an early case of industrial espionage, Robert Fortune disguised himself as a local and took tea leaves and the secrets of tea making back to the British.

Discover the timeless beauty of Monte Verdi, a preserved antebellum home in East Texas offering architecture, history, and breathtaking views.

Nestled in the pocket of Feliciana hill country, Greenwood was originally a 3,000-acre cotton plantation built in 1830 by William Ruffin Barrow.