FERRIDAY, La. (WVUE) - A Northeast Louisiana cotton plantation is doing more than giving tourists a glimpse of its historic buildings. Visitors also hear the personal stories of enslaved people from ...
Jubilee Justice is a cooperative that helps Black farming communities practice regenerative agriculture. The organization harkens back to the legacy of practices used in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cotton doesn’t do well in southern Louisiana, and the main plantation crop was sugar cane, or “white gold.” Slaves, as many as several hundred on larger plantations, were used in the labor-intensive ...
Cotton doesn’t do well in southern Louisiana, and the main plantation crop was sugar cane, or “white gold.” Slaves, as many as several hundred on larger plantations, were used in the labor-intensive ...
Konda Mason has always understood the importance of land. Her grandfather left Alabama in the middle of the night when her dad was a baby, afraid he was going to be lynched because he owned property ...
In mid-June, we enjoyed a three-day tour of historic plantations along Louisiana’s River Road. We didn’t tour all the plantations, for there are too many to visit during such a short trip. However, we ...