Author: Thảo HT

The air inside the Montgomery Cotton Exchange hung thick with cigar smoke and desperation. Planters, factors, … THE ENSLAVED WOMAN SOLD FOR $412,000 — BECAUSE SHE REMEMBERED EVERY SECRET THAT COULD DESTROY MONTGOMERYRead more

In 1843, in the opulent sunscched humidity of Nachez, Mississippi, seven daughters of the plantation elite … THE PLANTATION MISTRESS WHO GAVE HER DAUGHTER TO SIX SLAVES — TO BE BROKEN IN THE BARNRead more

Something strange happened between 1847 and 1862 at a place called Fair Haven Plantation, just 17 … THE PLANTATION WHERE NO ENSLAVED WOMAN EVER ESCAPED — BECAUSE THEY WERE CAGED IN AN UNDERGROUND BREEDING HELLRead more

In 1819, in Charleston, South Carolina, a single, fog-shrouded night of two births became the unholy … THE SLAVE AND MISTRESS WHO SWITCHED THEIR BABIES — DOOMING A SOUTHERN DYNASTY IN BLOOD AND LIESRead more

In the spring of 1,851, a fire swept through the county records office in Bowurt County, … THE ENSLAVED WOMAN RAPED BY A FATHER, HIS SON, AND HIS GRANDSON — FOR 33 YEARSRead more

Charleston, South Carolina, March 1858. On the punishing cold of a Wednesday morning on the auction … THE ENSLAVED PRINCESS WHO SOLD FOR $18,000 AND DOOMED EVERY MAN WHO BOUGHT HERRead more

The air in Harrison County, Texas, hung thick with the weight of August 1839, pressing down … THE ENSLAVED MOTHER WHO ESCAPED AGAIN AND AGAIN — THEN RISKED EVERYTHING TO SAVE HER CHILDRENRead more

The morning of September 14th, 1851 began with ash falling on Bowford County like snow in … THE 16-YEAR-OLD SLAVE GIRL WHO BURNED HER MASTER ALIVE IN HIS BEDRead more

slow, low voice, the kind that makes you lean closer to the screen. There’s a file … THE FURNACE OF VENGEANCE: ONE SLAVE WOMAN WHO BURNED 14 RICH PLANTATION OWNERS ALIVERead more

Virginia, 1856. The governor’s mansion in Richmond stood like a white-columned sentinel above the city, its … THE FORBIDDEN LOVE OF THE 18-YEAR-OLD SLAVE BOY AND THE GOVERNOR’S WIFERead more