At the height of its development as a plantation ... The Mount Vernon slaves hunted and trapped animals for income, both physical and documentary evidence suggests. Within the past decade ...

The Why is launching a series of ground-breaking documentary films which asks why slavery remains so endemic ... to pick tea leaves at plantations, to work as domestic helpers and even sold ...

Brutal physical punishment, psychological abuse and endless hours of hard labor without compensation drove many slaves to risk their lives to escape plantation life. The death of a master usually ...

PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A Pittsylvania county woman is uncovering her family’s history on a former slave plantation ...