Mississippi city honors ‘Prince Among Slaves’ with historical marker

After being ambushed by a rival group, Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima went from being a Muslim prince and colonel in his father’s army to being enslaved in Mississippi. Ibrahima spent 40 years enslaved ...
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Tag: Black Families Still Living on Plantations in Mississippi

New Orleans, LA — Dr. Antoinette Harrell, known as the “Slavery Detective of the South,” is on a mission to interview and document the oral histories of people who still live on plantations to this ...
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'Indigeaux' pays tribute to enslaved women whose hands were stained blue with precious dye

Yes, Spirit. I’ll go …” recently arrived at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace. Created by Leia Lewis, an educator, artist and ...
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Ghosts along the Mississippi : an essay in the poetic interpretation of Louisiana's plantation architecture / by Clarence John Laughlin ; one hundred photographs by the author

"The magic of the old houses of Louisiana"--Jacket. Text on verso facing each photograph. Trepagnier House, St. Charles Parish -- Ormond Plantation, St. Charles Parish -- Parlange Plantation, Pointe ...