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

(Jeff Bennett via AP) This photo provided by Jeff Bennett shows the grave of Lottie Hairston, Dec. 10, 2024, on the former Oak Hill plantation outside of Danville, Va. (Jeff Bennett via AP ...

The remains of hundreds of Black tenant farmers from a former Virginia tobacco plantation will be moved to a dedicated burial ground. The descendants of those buried have spoken out about the decision ...

About 275 burial plots will be moved from the former Oak Hill Plantation to a new burial site about a mile away. Roughly 275 burial plots of the formerly enslaved and sharecroppers at Danville, Va.’s ...

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 ...