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Near Greensboro in Guilford County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

N.C. Manumission Society

 
 
NC Manumission Society Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
1. NC Manumission Society Marker
Inscription. Antislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816. Disbanded in 1834.
 
Erected 1998 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number J-103.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Abolition & Underground RR. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1816.
 
Location. 35° 55.208′ N, 79° 48.04′ W. Marker is near Greensboro, North Carolina, in Guilford County. It is on State Highway 62 0.1 miles west of Davis Mill Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 325 NC-62, Greensboro NC 27406, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the
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Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Centre Friends Meeting (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Edward R. Murrow (approx. 0.6 miles away); William Dennis Pottery Kiln & House Site (approx. 5½ miles away); Original Home Place Of The Greensboro Red Wings (approx. 5.9 miles away); Calvin Wiley (approx. 6.6 miles away); St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church South (approx. 6.8 miles away); Randleman Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.1 miles away); Historic Building (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensboro.
 
NC Manumission Society Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 13, 2021
2. NC Manumission Society Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 416 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on April 5, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 13, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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