Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Life-Saving Station
Born in 1842 on Roanoke Island, Richard Etheridge spent much of his early life enslaved along North Carolina’s eastern shore. He remained here until...
State v. Will
Here in 1834, at what was then known as Walnut Creek, a plantation owned by James Battle, acts of resistance and violence led to legal action...
Franklin Pierce Homestead
Built by his father in 1804, Franklin Pierce lived in the Homestead from his infancy to his marriage in 1834. Pierce would go on to become the 14th...
Wheeler School
During the summers of 1886 and 1887, W.E.B. Du Bois taught 30 African American students in rural Wilson County during the Reconstruction period...
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Including the Oakland and Magnolia Plantations, two of the best-preserved plantations in the country, Crane River Creole National Park was used by the...
Cedar Grove Iron Furnace
At the Cedar Grove iron furnace, located in Perry County, Tennessee, nearly 120 workers, Black and white, turned out 1,800 tons of pig metal a year...