Hacienda Esperanza, Manatí, PR: A history of sugar and slavery
A former sugar plantation, worked originally by enslaved Africans, now tells a long and significant history. Jonathan L reports.
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A former sugar plantation, worked originally by enslaved Africans, now tells a long and significant history. Jonathan L reports.
A new gallery exhibition at Mount Vernon explores the lives of the slaves who toiled on George Washington’s estate, and Washington’s changing attitudes toward slavery.
City tours are often a compilation of the most famous, the biggest, most historic, most beautiful—but they seldom address the history of how they got
One of the most moving moments of our week in Jamaica came on a trip to Falmouth, formerly a busy port for sugar and
This image was taken from inside a restored/preserved slave cabin on the Magnolia Plantation, near Charleston SC. The contrast between the dark and hostile interior and the light flooding in from the green and beautiful scene outside struck me…
This story started out simple: A visit to a beautiful riverside plantation, renowned for its centuries-old formal gardens. But the past is usually not so simple, and in this instance involves not only the ugly story of the slavery that made…
A former sugar plantation, worked originally by enslaved Africans, now tells a long and significant history. Jonathan L reports.
A new gallery exhibition at Mount Vernon explores the lives of the slaves who toiled on George Washington’s estate, and
City tours are often a compilation of the most famous, the biggest, most historic, most beautiful—but they seldom address the
One of the most moving moments of our week in Jamaica came on a trip to Falmouth, formerly a
This image was taken from inside a restored/preserved slave cabin on the Magnolia Plantation, near Charleston SC. The contrast between the dark and hostile interior and the light flooding in from the green and beautiful scene outside struck me…
This story started out simple: A visit to a beautiful riverside plantation, renowned for its centuries-old formal gardens. But the past is usually not so simple, and in this instance involves not only the ugly story of the slavery that made…