Somerset Homecoming Recovering a Lost Heritage
by Dorothy Spruill Redford
In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields at the height of its prosperity; but nearly 125 years lat
Social ScienceEthnic StudiesAfrican American StudiesHistoryUnited StatesState & Local
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERUniv of North Carolina Press
LENGTH166
LANGUAGEEN
Somerset Homecoming Recovering a Lost Heritage
by Dorothy Spruill Redford
In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields at the height of its prosperity; but nearly 125 years lat
Social ScienceEthnic StudiesAfrican American StudiesHistoryUnited StatesState & Local
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERUniv of North Carolina Press
LENGTH166
LANGUAGEEN