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Whitney Nell Stewart

Whitney Nell Stewart

Whitney Nell Stewart is the author of This Is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations. She is a historian at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Stories from Whitney Nell Stewart

To mark her graduation from dental school in 2021, Breanna Henley took photographs in front of a slave cabin at Redcliffe Plantation.

Why Descendants Are Returning to the Plantations Where Their Ancestors Were Enslaved

Some Black Americans are reclaiming antebellum estates as part of their family legacy, reflecting the power and possibility of these historic sites