Record #:

44546

Author(s):

Deadmon, Kara

Abstract:

Enslaved people were hired out by their owners to work to construct the old capitol building, completed in 1840. One document giving information concerning enslaved workers involved with the old state capitol. is "Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Superintend Rebuilding of the State Capitol, published in 1834.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 64 Issue 2, Spring 2025, p18-21, il

Subject(s):

Enslaved Workers--North Carolina State Capitol (1840)