The plantation was built in 1848 by Levi Jordan, his family, and the people who worked for them as slaves and, later, as tenant farmers and sharecroppers. This web site attempts to discuss the lives of ALL of these people, and covers a period from 1848 un
Archaeologists digging into the past of enslaved blacks at the old William Bowen plantation have discovered what is believed to be the kitchen of a slave cabin.
Two worlds couldn't be more separate, yet one so dependent on the other.``The blacks on the South's plantations were critical to that society's economics, and therefore, its way of life. In fact, according to the will of one Frederick S. Lu
In 1860 there were at least six Negroes in Louisiana who owned 65 or more slaves The largest number, 152 slaves, were owned by the widow C. Richards and her son P.C. Richards, who owned a large sugar cane plantation. Another Negro slave magnate in Louisia
The slaves are obliged to work from daylight till dark, as long as they can see. When they have tasks assigned, which is often the case, a few of the strongest and most expert, sometimes finish them before sunset; others will be obliged to work till eight
The Getting Word Oral History Project at Monticello locates and records the oral histories of the descendants of Monticello's enslaved African-American community. This rich treasurehouse of memories over seven generations helps to expand our understa
Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, signed on September 22, 1862, called for the "gradual abolishment of slavery within the respective limits" of the rebel states as of January 1, 1863.
