Like the destroyed abbeys of 17th-century England in the English civil war, which are still all over the English landscape... the South now was a landscape with ruins -- ruined plantations ...

Life in the Southern plantations was often terrible. The treatment of enslaved people could be very harsh.

During the three months between his election and the inauguration, much was to happen and tensions continued to build between the North and South. The South did not want Lincoln to be the President.

What’s Special About Nottoway Plantation Located near Baton Rouge, La., this beautiful Greek-revival and Italianate-style home is a one-of-a-kind Southern plantation house that lies between ...

They will also learn about the relationships between those who lived on the plantation and the property's importance in the Civil War. The plantation stretches for 37 acres and features a dairy ...

Like the destroyed abbeys of 17th-century England in the English civil war, which are still all over the English landscape... the South now was a landscape with ruins -- ruined plantations ...