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Generations of Somerset Place - (Images of America) by Dorothy Spruill Redford (Paperback)
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- Located in the rural northeastern part of North Carolina, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family.When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina.
- Author(s): Dorothy Spruill Redford
- 128 Pages
- Social Science, Ethnic Studies
- Series Name: Images of America
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Located in the rural northeastern part of North Carolina, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family.
When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. During the 80 years that Somerset was an active plantation, hundreds of acres were farmed for rice, corn, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and flax. Today, Somerset Place is preserved as a state historic site offering a realistic view of what it was like for the slaves and freemen who once lived and worked on the plantation, once one of the Upper South's most prosperous enterprises.
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