Record #:

14918

Author(s):

Tucker, Harry Z.

Abstract:

Thomas J. Pearsall was superintendent at Braswell Plantation, a historic farm-tenantary plantation. The house dated to 1790 but the rest of the property (22,000 acres) sprawled between Halifax, Nash, and Edgecombe Counties. As a business, the plantation operated off of a landlord-tenant scheme. Pearsall required each family, 150 total in 1943, maintain a cow, sow, garden, and sweet potato patch. In return, church, school and community meeting spaces were provided.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 26, Nov 1943, p24-25, il

Subject(s):

Braswell Plantation (Rocky Mount)