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Stagville

 
 
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Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 14, 2024
1. Stagville Marker
Inscription. Over 900 enslaved people labored in bondage on vast Cameron plantation in 1864. Stagville tract is preserved as a state historic site, 7 mi. NE.
 
Erected 2022 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number G 29.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: African Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.
 
Location. 36° 2.095′ N, 78° 53.513′ W. Marker is in Durham, North Carolina, in Durham County. It is at the intersection of North Roxboro Street (Business U.S. 501) and Old Oxford Road, on the right when traveling north on North Roxboro Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Durham NC 27704, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and in the Research Triangle. 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 Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of
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the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Duke Homestead (approx. 0.9 miles away); Durham County Prison Camp (approx. 1.1 miles away); North Carolina (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Duke Homestead (approx. 1.6 miles away); N.C. School of Science and Mathematics (approx. 1.9 miles away); Watts Hospital II (approx. 1.9 miles away); Booker T. Spicely (approx. 2 miles away); Gordon & Gladys Ward House (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Durham.
 
Also see . . .
1. Historic Stagville. (Submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)
2. Historic Stagville Foundation. (Submitted on September 23, 2024.)
 
Stagville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 14, 2024
2. Stagville Marker
Stagville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 14, 2024
3. Stagville Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 208 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 22, 2024, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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