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Slave quarters at Horton Grove for the Stagville plantation, built by slaves and occupied until the 1870s. 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.
In 1860, 900 total slaves were held on the complex. The several structures still standing at Horton Grove are the only two-story slave residences remaining in North Carolina. [2] The quarters at Horton Grove, which were constructed by slave craftsmen in the early 1850s, were the culmination of decades of gradual improvements at the plantation ...
Alfred "Teen" Blackburn (April 26, 1842 – March 8, 1951) was one of the last surviving American slaves with a clear recollection of slavery as an adult. He was known throughout Yadkin County, North Carolina for his strength, size, and longevity. [1] While enslaved, he served as a body servant for his owner, a Confederate soldier, during the ...
Pages in category "History of slavery in North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Seth Sothel (also spelled Sothell and Southwell, died c. 1694) was a colonial fraudulent American proprietor and governor of the Province of Carolina. He claimed he ruled the northern portion, Albemarle Sound (future North Carolina), in 1678 and the southern portion (future South Carolina) from 1690 to 1692. He died in North Carolina around ...
The Bennehan House, [4] built 1787 with a large addition in 1799, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; Horton Grove, an area of two-story slave residences built in 1850, was listed in 1978. The slave residences are well preserved and are the only two-story slave quarters remaining in North Carolina.
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.
William B. Gould was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 18, 1837, [2] to an enslaved woman, Elizabeth "Betsy" Moore, [a] and Alexander Gould, an English-born resident of Granville County, NC. [4] He was enslaved by Nicholas Nixon, a peanut planter [5] [6] who owned a large plantation on Porters Neck [7] and at Rocky Point.