The cotton plantation sat on 875-acres of property in Newton and Jasper counties and was home to more than 130 slaves. The area was so large it was once called the "Gaither’s District." ...

On the grounds of Historic Brattonsville in York County is one of the largest enslaved burial grounds in the Carolina Piedmont. Over the weekend, descendants of those enslaved at the former plantation ...

making Kanapaha a prosperous Sea Island cotton plantation” are displayed in the final room of the tour. How did the Hailes treat their slaves? That’s the question audiences always ask ...

Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy — plantation owners in the South, banks in the North, shipping merchants, and the textile industry in Great Britain.

Required: Materials that inform students about conditions in early textile mills (e.g., those in Lowell) and conditions on cotton-growing plantations prior to the Civil War. Also recommended are ...

This plantation was established in 1851, and by 1860, it was home to 74 enslaved people housed in 23 cabins. It operated mainly as a cotton plantation until the last crop was planted in 1922.