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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom

Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom

Spruill Redford, Dorothy
Redford, Dorothy Spruill

Hardcover

Black American StudiesRegional: South

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531612296
ISBN13: 9781531612290
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Aug 31 2005
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. Located in the rural northeastern part of the state, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family. 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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