Booper and I headed north from Salisbury on Aug. 6 in hopes of visiting N.C. Historic Sites at Stagville and Bennet Place. Both are in the Durham area. I read […] ...
When you visit a historic Southern plantation, you get insight into the two extreme poles of American life prior to the Civil War: wealthy plantation owners living on stunning properties full of ...
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Along Old Oxford Highway in Durham, North Carolina, two descendants of enslaved Americans walk sacred ground. Ricky Hart and Beverly Evans survey the vast expanse of Historic ...
The main house at Walnut Grove Plantation in Spartanburg County has been restored after falling into disrepair. A $1.5 million project, funded by local donors and a state grant, addressed significant ...
Stagville Plantation will be offering free tours all day on Friday, Juneteenth. DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- In 2021, Juneteenth, traditionally a Texas holiday, became a federal holiday, and in recent years ...
For more than a decade now, the goings-on at Brunswick County's fabled Orton Plantation have occurred largely out of the public eye. For nearly a century before Orton was purchased in 2010, however, ...