Throughout South America, plantations were set to the torch; in the Caribbean islands, former slaves established black autonomy, protecting themselves against colonial military with forts ...

By Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire Scots own Colonial plantations The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

In a west African Plantation in the 60s, A young determined girl must battle family and external forces to preserve her late father's legacy . A colonial plantation willed to him by his white ...

Like an increasing number of Scots in the colonies John Wedderburn starts a sugar plantation in Jamaica. He buys a young, black slave boy with the given name Joseph Knight. Video: A history of ...