The best work unfolding at such sites today is led by groups like the Montpelier Descendants Committee, which fought for decades to gain a stake in the governance of the Virginia plantation site.

DANVILLE — A decision to move the remains of hundreds of African American tenant farmers from a former Virginia tobacco plantation to a dedicated burial ground has elicited a range of emotions ...

Arlington is taking a cue from Germany, where “stumbling stones” are embedded near the homes of Holocaust victims.

The Woodlawn plantation in Northern Virginia has long been one of those iconic sites of American history. Once part of a massive Mount Vernon property, it was home to George Washington’s step ...

Fred Miller, an Air Force veteran, bought a home in southern Virginia while unaware of its link to his family's past Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE.

In some ways he was a lucky man. To be sure, finding yourself in bondage on a Virginia tobacco plantation was not the result of good luck, but Anthony Johnson would rise above his low status and ...