Their efficiency was unparalleled, as demonstrated in the summer of 1619 when the first enslaved Africans arrived in America aboard ... States is regressing to its plantation roots, where the ...

Drayton Hall Plantation In Charleston SC ... s the oldest unrestored historic site open to the public in America. I remember ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement ... of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work on rice plantations. 1739: The Stono rebellion ...

In 1832, Fanny set out on a two-year theater tour in America ... wanted to see the plantation firsthand, and begged Butler to take her with him. He refused to do so on his first trip, but finally ...

The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form of agriculture in a difficult terrain. They throw considerable light on ...