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.

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 ...

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 century ...