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Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

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Slave quarters at Historic Stagville, a North Carolina historic site on the outskirts of Durham

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The site comprises the remnants of one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South. The plantations belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings totaled approximately 900 enslaved people and almost 30,000 acres of land by 1860.
Family records reveal the design of these buildings was a deliberate attempt on Paul Cameron's part to provide a healthier living environment for his slaves, and protect his human investment.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-7).
Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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01/01/2017
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durham
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