Jubilee Justice is a cooperative that helps Black farming communities practice regenerative agriculture. The organization harkens back to the legacy of practices used in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Step back in time as we explore a 173-year-old cotton plantation in rural Georgia. With more than twenty original buildings still standing, this property offers a rare look at how early Southern ...

This famous invention has a complex history. Eli Whitney had just graduated from Yale University in 1792, when he accepted a job as a private tutor on Revolutionary War General Nathanael Green’s ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X During the 19th century, Sea Island cotton was grown on plantations in Florida, Georgia, and South ...

LAKE VILLAGE — “The Polks’ Plantations and the Creation of Cotton Kingdom in the Old South” will be presented at the Lakeport Legacies history talk. Kelly Houston Jones, Ph.D, an assistant professor ...

THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) -- Across North Florida and South Georgia, there are more than 200 hunting properties. The properties are former cotton plantations that transitioned into quail hunting ...

An unknown photographer took this image of enslaved individuals on a cotton plantation around 1850. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation In the mid-19th century, a Georgia plantation owner posed for a ...

Whether looking for a weekend getaway or a potential place to get married, the historic Frogmore Cotton Plantation is worth the hike for a day trip to this Louisiana gem. The 1,800-acre cotton ...

Uzbekistan just had its annual cotton fair. During the October 12-13 event in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, Uzbekistan reported that it had signed contracts to sell some 550,000 tons of cotton and ...