Stagville Plantation descendants react to racist mass text messages sent to Black people across the country after the 2024 election. The system of slavery destroyed and separated millions of families.
Access to documents from this period follows its own logic. In the United States, there is a structured national census form with information about the enslaved, which the Reuters team used to verify ...
Despite its aesthetic appeal, the plantation has a deep-rooted history in slavery. It was once home to many enslaved families, who resided in the property's four cabins from 1850 until the late ...