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Why only one grave was marked in this slave cemetery

Hidden on a wooded hillside in Troup County, Georgia, this plantation-era slave cemetery contains dozens of graves — but only one marked headstone. This visit documents the burial ground of the ...
An exhibition in Gee’s Bend, AL tells the story of Dinah Miller’s arrival and her enduring influence on the community, its ...
Prologue -- Mesopotamia versus Mount Airy : the demographic contrast -- Sarah Affir and her Mesopotamia family -- Winney Grimshaw and her Mount Airy family -- "Dreadful idlers" in the Mesopotamia cane ...
Sugar's history is far from sweet. What we now see as a basic pantry staple used to be a rare luxury. For centuries, it was ...