Bluford Plantation was the home of Philip Williams. He built the original Bluford House in 1760. The house was beautifully constructed of longleaf pine, set high from the ground and with a wide ...

In May of 1760, Takyi and his followers started the revolt in the early hours of the morning, starting at the plantation where they worked, killing the owners and thus freeing all the slaves.

In 1760, hundreds of Jamaican slaves began an insurrection against their British overlords. For 18 months they fought, hoping not only to reclaim their freedom but to seize the sugar plantations ...

who acquired the plantation in 1969. McElwrath was, according to a 1760 deposition from Alexander Cathey, “a Person of Lewd Life and Conversation and a Common Disturber of his Majestys Peace.” ...

Wager came in bondage to Forrest’s plantation in Westmoreland Parish ... which began on April 7, 1760, and continued until October of the next year. Over those 18 months the rebels managed ...

Jamaican sugar plantations and African slaves were the source of the Beckford family's wealth... When William Beckford (1760-1844), the famous writer, collector and recluse, was just 10 years old ...

Bengaluru: After over a century since the formation of Lalbagh Botanical Garden and Sri Chamarajendra Park (Cubbon Park), ...

Volunteers will also be looking through editions of the Bath Chronicle from between 1760 and 1780 ... who owned two plantations in Barbados, and a large memorial dedicated to Sir William Baker ...