Rocky Mount is the county seat for Franklin County
Hardy is in Franklin County
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Near this place, on land occupied since the
1780s by the Early family, Confederate General
Jubal Early was born in 1816, The General
practiced law in Franklin County and served in
the Mexican War before the Civil War. Early
fought in more . . . — — Map (db m65625) HM
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the nearby Burroughs plantation on April 5, 1856. He was graduated from Hampton Institute in 1875 where he became an instructor. Because of his achievements as an educator, he was selected to establish a . . . — — Map (db m65611) HM
"...my whole life has largely been one of surprises. I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life—that is, tries to make . . . — — Map (db m137945) HM
Booker T. Washington, the renowned African-American leader and educator, was born into slavery on this plantation and freed here after the Civil War ended. At this national monument, you can learn about his childhood in slavery, living here with . . . — — Map (db m137933) HM
A slave has died.
As in Africa, mourners keep all-night vigil, chanting loudly and praying. When the next day's work is done, friends of the dead slave gather from surrounding farms. Then the long procession marches out—songs and shouts, drums . . . — — Map (db m209518) HM
Booker Taliaferro, his mother Jane, elder brother John Henry, younger sister Amanda, aunt Sophia, uncle Monroe, and cousin Sally were freed here in 1865. You can walk down to the site of emancipation, where the "Big House" was located. You can stand . . . — — Map (db m137943) HM
Tobacco was the only crop grown on this farm that was sold for cash or bartered for goods. Corn, vegetables, and animals were raised to feed the people on the plantation. If a crop failed or if the tobacco barn burned down during the curing process, . . . — — Map (db m137944) HM
I think that I owe a great deal of my present strength and ability to work to my love of outdoor life. Booker T. Washington
As you walk along the Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail, the woods, streams, and fields are the same as . . . — — Map (db m209520) HM
To the slave, the forest offered more than hunting, fishing, or food. The woods were a place to meet, to rest, even to worship, away from the owner's gaze.
Today, as in Booker Washington's childhood, half of this farm is forest. A 1½-mile . . . — — Map (db m137982) HM
When Booker lived here as a child with his family, about ten enslaved people of African descent worked and lived on this plantation. The enslaved worked every day, for long hours, in heat and cold. They worked to keep the farm profitable, so the . . . — — Map (db m137978) HM
September 1861. Half the slaves of the South live, labor, and die on small farms like this, worked by fewer than 20 slaves. Slaves build barns, fix houses, clear fields, work gardens, fed animals, weave cloth, and sweat out the toughest domestic . . . — — Map (db m209517) HM
