Manteo in Dare County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Freedmen's Colony

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 12, 2014

1. Freedmen's Colony Marker

Inscription. The first refugee slave community in N.C. Est. in 1863 by Union troops. It operated until 1867 on land nearby, extending S.

Erected 2012 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number B-71.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 35° 55.947′ N, 75° 41.515′ W. Marker is in Manteo, North Carolina, in Dare County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 64 and Airport Road (County Route 1116), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 64. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Manteo NC 27954, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Outer Banks.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once the territory of the 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windmills on Roanoke Island (approx. 0.4 miles away); Joachim Gans (approx. 0.9 miles away); First English Colonies (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (approx. one mile away); The Lost Colony (approx. one mile away); Elizabethan Gardens (approx. one mile away); Roanoke Island Historical Association Founders (approx. one mile away); The New Fort in Virginia / Virginia Dare (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manteo.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 12, 2014

2. Freedmen's Colony Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,109 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.