The following report is part of a Verite News series: "Devil's Bargain: How the slave trade built and sustained New Orleans" ...

The plantation, originally opened in 1752, has been converted into a museum that tells the stories of enslaved people.

The suit alleges a U.S. arm of Taiwanese chemical giant Formosa Plastics has hindered access to an unmarked cemetery with ...

The cholera still continues to rage on the plantations in the interior. Accounts from the cotton region continue to be altogether unfavorable. The steamer General Meade, for New-Orleans ...

Other plantations include Destrehan, Houmas House, San Francisco, Evergreen, St. Joseph and Nottaway; check with the site or your hotel concierge on tour van options from New Orleans.

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist ...

The plantation, originally opened in 1752, has been converted into a museum that tells the stories of enslaved people.