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 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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is named Angola after the former plantation that occupied this territory, which was named for the African country that was the origin of many enslaved Africans brought to Louisiana in slavery ...