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Magnolia Hall Plantation House in Natchez, Mississippi

When Slavery Is Erased From Plantations

Source: The Atlantic

Slavery was a brutal institution in the era of the United States’ founding, but many historical sites fail to address the entwined legacy of former presidents and those they enslaved.

This entry was posted in Building a Democracy and tagged Culture & Society, Historic Figures, History, People on February 4, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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