A special screening of the award-winning documentary "Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on ...

From the darkness of history they emerge out of a silver spinning disc: two black slaves sold by a sugar plantation owner named Levi Foster on Feb. 11, 1818, to his in-laws. The first slave, ...

Life-size sculptures of slave children haunt the clapboard church on the grounds of the old sugar cane plantation, where ceramic heads of black men will soon sway on pikes in the Louisiana breeze.

Descendants Of Slaves Say This Louisiana Grain Complex Is Environmental Racism A bitter fight is ongoing between powerful backers of a giant terminal on the Mississippi River and residents of the ...

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — An official sign declaring that slaves were "well taken-care of and happy" at Louisiana's most-visited historical site has been removed.

BATON ROUGE — Breakfast at Louisiana’s state Capitol includes fresh coffee, cookies and egg sandwiches — made and served in part by incarcerated people working for no pay. “They force us ...

Valuation of Real and Personal Estate in Louisiana. Slaves Worth Nearly the Value of All Other Property Put Together. Share full article. Aug. 2, 1862.

An official sign declaring that slaves were "well taken-care of and happy" at Louisiana's most-visited historical site has been removed. State Parks official Brandon Burris told The Advocate it's ...