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'Persistence and survival’: One of N.C.’s largest plantations tells story of slavery
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'Persistence and survival’: One of N.C.’s largest plantations tells story of slavery
- By Myah Ward UNC Media Hub
- Dec 15, 2019
- Dec 15, 2019
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The Bennehan House at the Stagville Plantation. The structure was built in about 1787, with a two-story addition completed in 1799. Stagville was self-sustaining, and many slaves were trained as blacksmiths, barrel-makers and seamstresses.
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DURHAM — The thumb prints of enslaved people are molded into the bricks.
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