"It was a sad day, May 15. It was a sad day for us," said owner Dan Dyess. "Part of us said we could just sell and leave, but we didn't want to leave a legacy of just leaving Nottoway on the ground." ...
HONOKAA (HawaiiNewsNow) - There was a time “when sugar was king” in Honoka’a on Hawaii Island, and all life centered around the Hamakua Sugar Company and plantation life. “Every Christmas, like now, ...
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Stagville Plantation in Durham was one of the largest slave plantations in the South. Nine hundred Africans were enslaved across the plantation's 30,000 acres of land; slaves ...
Whitney operated from 1752 to 1975 and produced the principal cash crops of indigo, sugar and rice.