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Plantations Collection

Sneed Plantation

Sneed Mansion On Sneed Plantation-
built c1800; now gone
Granville Co, NC,- near Williamsboro, Vance County, North Carolina, originally part of Granville County

Joel Lane Plantation

Image: These are the names of the 43 Enslaved Black people who lived and worked on the Joel Lane Plantation In Raleigh, NC. This is what has been put on the plaque that was unveiled today

Montmorenci Plantation

MONTMORENCI PLANTATION
Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina.

Researched & transcribed by Deloris Williams.

Ashland Plantation

Ashland Plantation- Satterwite Rd., Henderson, Vance county, NC.(Formerly a part of Granville County).

BUILT: ca 1740's

Old Town Plantation

The original house for Cool Spring Plantation burned down in 1899.
The house at Old Town Plantation was built in 1785 by Jacob Battle, although it had originally been thought to have been built in 1742.

Stagville Plantation

Durham's Stagville Plantation a somber reminder of the South's beginnings with Black America
abc 11 News-By Tim Pulliam
Friday, October 23, 2020 2:31PM

Somerset Plantation

“Somerset Homecoming” at Somerset Place State Historic Site in Creswell, NC. The August 30, 1986 homecoming was the first-ever event of its kind: a reunion of descendants of the enslaved community of the large southern Somerset plantation in Creswell, NC.

Latta Plantation

NC Plantation Calls Slaveowner A ‘White refugee’ In Racist Juneteenth Event Promo

BY Devna Bose / Charlotte Observer
June 11, 2021 02:09 PM, Updated 6 Hours 29 Minutes Ago

Prospect Hill Plantation

PROSPECT HILL PLANTATION
Airlie, Halifax County, North Carolina

Plantations of New Hanover County

Revolutionary War Era Plantations of New Hanover County, NC

Plantations of New Hanover County, NC
Source: "A History of New Hanover County and the Lower Cape Fear Region", 1723-1800, vol. 1, by Alfred Moore Waddell, c. 1909

Vance Plantation

"David Vance Jr. was Zebulon Vance's father. He owned the property that is now the Vance Birthplace from 1813-1844.
Zebulon Vance had four sons, but only one of them--David Mitchell Vance--had children: Ruth Vance Pillow and Harriet Espy Vance Cobb."

Stagville Plantation

‘These Stories Are Important’: Durham Memorial To Honor People NC Plantation Enslaved.

Ricky Hart shares his understanding of the brutal conditions endured by his ancestors who were enslaved at the Stagville Plantation, Durham County, NC, and expresses his support for the installation of a memorial in downtown Durham, N.C., to honor them.

Meadowville Plantation

Antebellum Pamlico River plantations not surprisingly often had commercial fisheries. Several decades before the Civil War General Wm. Augustus Blount and his son, Major William Augustus Blount, operated fisheries on Blounts Bay, catching and packing herring and shad in seines (using nets) and weirs (using stakes).

Somerset Place

Josiah Collins I passed away #OnThisDay May 14,1819 at the age of 83.

His will stated: “To son Josiah, Jr. during his lifetime the land on Lake Phelps with all improvements. Also all the negroes, ‘upwards of one hundred in number,’ for his lifetime.”

Halifax County Slaveholders' List

Below is a portion of the: HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES
and
SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS

Rosedale Plantation

NC, Beaufort County's Rosedale Plantation, also known as Wharton House, is or was a rare survivor of the antebellum river plantation in eastern North Carolina with thousands of acres worked by enslaved Black people.

Plantations of North Carolina

A NCGenWeb Special Project

Documented Slave Plantations of North Carolina is a comprehensive database of various plantations derived from a variety of information mediums.

Steven Woodward's Will

Wilson, North Carolina
This information about the will of Stephen Woodard Sr. was compiled by Lisa Y. Henderson - Black Wide Awake web stie.

Adeline Alston Plantation

Adeline Alston Owner and Manager of One of Chatham County’s Largest Plantations
by Steven E. Brooks, Jim and Beverly Wiggins November 2020
Chatham Historical Museum

White Rock Plantation

WHITE ROCK PLANTATION
Hollister, Halifax County, North Carolina.

Halifax County Plantation Owners' Wills

North Carolina has 100 counties, Halifax is one of those. It is difficult to wrap one's head around the amount of enslaved Black people that are in Slaver's wills "giving" them to other family members for all 100 counties.

Cool Spring Plantation

The original house for Cool Spring Plantation burned down in 1899.
The house at Old Town Plantation was built in 1785 by Jacob Battle, although it had originally been thought to have been built in 1742.

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