Col. John M. Gracie was known throughout Arkansas and the world in the late 1800s and early 1900s for being the largest cotton plantation owner in the state. Intent on finding his own means of solving ...

Laurie Hilldore and Frances Breaux untrimmed a tree and learned a little about the traditions the inhabitants of Oakley Plantation would have practiced in the early 1800s in Louisiana. The little tree ...

Benedict Cumberbatch, seen last March, is a descendant of Caribbean plantation owners who owned slaves. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / Associated Press) It's no secret that Benedict Cumberbatch's ...