Historic Stagville

Tour the two-story quarters at Horton Grove and the Bennehan house to learn how nearly 900 enslaved people lived on one of the South's largest plantations.

5828 Old Oxford Highway, Durham, NC 27712 · Durham, NC

About Historic Stagville

Stagville was the center of a plantation complex of about 30,000 acres where almost 900 people were enslaved in 1860. The state historic site keeps the Bennehan family house from about 1799, a great barn from 1860 and the Horton Grove quarters of about 1851, the only two-story slave quarters left in North Carolina. Admission and the outdoor self-guided tour are free, and guided tours cost $2. Guided tours run at 1 and 3 p.m. on weekdays and at 11, 1 and 3 on Saturdays.

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#plantation history
#african american history
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#durham

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