Stagville Plantaion is North Carolina's largest pre-Civil War plantation and one of the South's largest. It once belonged to the Bennehan-Cameron family, whose combined holdings totaled approximately 900 slaves and almost 30,000 acres by 1860. Today, Stagville consists of 71 acres, on three tracts. On this land stand the late 18th-century Bennehan House, four rare slave houses, a pre-Revolutionary War farmer's house, a huge timber framed barn built by skilled slave craftsmen, and the Bennehan Family cemetery. http://www.nchistoricsites.org/stagville/stagville.htm
In front of one of the slave houses
These slave houses were considered quite nice, in comparison to most. The houses were raised with wood floors and lined with brick for insulation. Check out the rock foundation, only on the corners!
We picked a Good/Bad day to visit. They had a bunch of music, vendors and free activities for the kids to participate in. All good!
Ry is signing the Declaration of Interdependence with a quill pen!
Its alot harder than it they thought!
WAGON RIDE!
I missed out on this one! It was HOT and so I decided to stay behind in the shade. What I didn't know was that the ride was actually quite short and took you to this huge 132 ft long barn. So I can only tell you second hand how AWESOME it was.
Because of the festivities over at the slave headquarters, they were not giving regular scheduled tours. So all we could do is peak in the windows :(
The small portion of the house was built first and then ten years later the two story piece was added.
One of the MANY things we learned was that kitchens were not attached to the house. (only rocks from the foundation remained from this kitchen.)
Token outhouse shot
We had to save Eli, the chicken was not afraid and went after him.
Due to the destruction caused by the Civil War, there are not as many historical sites at the finger tip as I had assumed there would be. This one was relatively close, only a half hour drive. It was a great day, so I imagine we will continue to soak up what we can!
6 comments:
Wow- that is awesome! I had no idea! What a great, educational outing! :)
That is very cool. This is way better than school
Love it! You are right that house seems quite small for the size of the plantation. Jason and I have been to some that were not even close to that size in acre, but the houses truly were mansions. They spent the money on there slaves instead of themselves maybe? Probably not. They probably had another house someplace else. Many did.
Super cool for the kids though!
What an awesome adventure for the kids! You are relatively close to lots of historical places from where you are that you really should take advantage of. Great start!
Oh man you guys are getting around!
How great.
It is all sooo different for you and the kids and it is nice you have some time to get your bearings and get adapted a bit to southern culture and history.
Sounds like the heat has arrived?
That whole slavery time period is disturbingly fascinating to me. What an experience. You guys sure are hitting the sites!
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