Record #:

2593

Author(s):

Redford, Dorothy Spruill

Abstract:

Begun in 1785 with 167 skilled and unskilled slaves, Somerset Place in Washington County was a prosperous plantation by 1790. Slaves' descendants continued the work until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Fall 1995, p3-7, il

Subject(s):

Historic sites--Washington County; Plantations--Washington County; Slavery--Washington County; Somerset Place (Creswell)--History