We often talk of the men who shaped Laurel Hill's history, but lost is the impact that many women had on the history of the ...

Samuel Hairston, the plantation's owner, was reputedly the largest enslaver in the South, Wiencek wrote. But the grand property has stood mostly empty and unused since sharecropping ended last ...

Not far from where crews are working to clear the land for major development, other crews are working to exhume remains.