Generations of Somerset Place: From Slavery to Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531612290)

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.

Author: Dorothy Spruill Redford
ISBN-10: 1531612296
ISBN-13: 9781531612290
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2005
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d