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Debnam, Matt

Perhaps not widely known is the role Washington played for escaped slaves, in securing freedom in a passage to the North. As for prior to slaves’ arrival at the Underground Railroad, noted were codes, songs, and quilt patterns containing information about planned escapes and uprisings on plantations. Also discussed was factors behind choosing Washington as a thoroughfare and information not so widely known related to the Underground Railroad. As for information collaborating with oral histories compiled by the Works Project Administration in the 1920s and 1930s, noted also was local Leesa Jones’s efforts in gathering orally passed down information from other locals about these topics.

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 7 Issue 5, September/October 2018, p28-34

Underground Railroad; Works Project Administration ; Slavery--Runaways; Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum ; Oral history; Underground Railroad--Washington NC; Tarboro--Shiloh Landing ; Abolitionists; Keysville; Keais, Southby; Keais, Southey; Respess, Isaiah; Keais, Isaiah; Runyon, Benjamin; Plantations--Washington NC

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Rumley, Vail Stewart

The Elmwood 1820’s long history in the community includes serving as a hospital during the Civil War. This plantation had housed just seven families before its transformation into a bed and breakfast in 2015. Today, it is a repository for local history, represented in Elmwood-related memorabilia the current owners are collecting for its 200th anniversary.

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 9 Issue 1, January/February 2020, p38-42

Plantations--Washington NC; Plantations--Washington--Elmwood ; Tayloe, David Thomas, 1826-1884; Architecture--Greek Revival style ; Civil War--Washington NC; Civil War--union camps--North Carolina ; Elmwood (Washington)--families--Samuel Grist; Elmwood (Washington)--families--Col. Joshua Tayloe; Elmwood (Washington)--families--George Hackney; Bed and breakfast accommodations--North Carolina--Washington