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  2. History of slavery in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Slavery was legally practiced in the Province of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina until January 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Prior to statehood, there were 41,000 enslaved African-Americans in the Province of North Carolina in 1767. By 1860, the number of slaves in the state of ...

  3. List of plantations in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The known plantations during the period of the Province of North Carolina (1712–1776) are listed in the table below. Built in 1729 (circa). Built in 1735. Owner: Roger Moore (1694-1751) [ 7 ] Built in 1742 (circa). Built in 1740. Built in 1750–1799. Built in 1752, 1840.

  4. History of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, ... In 1860, North Carolina was a slave state, in which about one-third of the population of ...

  5. Great Dismal Swamp maroons - Wikipedia

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    Related ethnic groups. African-Americans, Gullah, Black Seminoles, maroons. The Great Dismal Swamp maroons were people who inhabited the swamplands of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina after escaping enslavement. Although conditions were harsh, research suggests that thousands lived there between about 1700 and the 1860s.

  6. Paul C. Cameron - Wikipedia

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    Paul C. Cameron (1808–1891) was an American judge, railroad builder, and a wealthy plantation and slaveholders in North Carolina. [1] When his father left him the business in the late 1800s, [1] Cameron oversaw the work of 470 slaves across 12,475 acres of land mostly in North Carolina. However, as he got older he grew his business, buying ...

  7. John Carruthers Stanly - Wikipedia

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    Stanly was the illegitimate son of privateer John Wright Stanly and half-brother to U.S. Congressman John Stanly. He became known as one of the largest slave owners in North Carolina and the wealthiest free black resident. Even though he himself was born a slave, Stanly had used his intelligence and family ties to become a successful ...

  8. Horton Grove - Wikipedia

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    78001946 [ 1] Added to NRHP. March 17, 1978. Horton Grove was an area of houses for enslaved African-Americans at the 30,000-acre (120 km 2) Bennehan-Cameron plantation complex, which included Stagville Plantation in the northeastern part of Durham County, North Carolina. The slaves who lived at Horton Grove were held by the influential ...

  9. African Americans in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Slavery has been part of North Carolina's history since its colonization by white Europeans in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Many of the first black enslaved people in North Carolina were brought to the colony from the West Indies, but a significant number were brought from Africa. Records were BURNED of the tribes and homelands of African ...