They gained a sense of power simply by being white. In the lower South the majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations. Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer slaves ...

Dozens of Black people across the U.S. have reported receiving alarming text messages claiming they were “selected” to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. The messages, which appeared just ...

Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy — plantation owners in the South, banks in the North, shipping merchants, and the textile industry in Great Britain.

This plantation was established in 1851, and by 1860, it was home to 74 enslaved people housed in 23 cabins. It operated mainly as a cotton plantation until the last crop was planted in 1922.

Nagpur: Dilip Pohane, a farmer from Hinganghat in Wardha district, reaped a record breaking 24 quintals of raw cotton per ...

The Qom and Moqoit communities had been protesting inhumane living and working conditions on a cotton plantation when authorities shot them dead in 1924. Until now, no responsibility had ever been ...