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Generations of Somerset Place:

2012-09-18 History
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Release : 2012-09-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Generations of Somerset Place: by : Dorothy Spruill Redford

Download or read book Generations of Somerset Place: written by Dorothy Spruill Redford. This book was released on 2012-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. Located in the rural northeastern part of the state, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family. During the 80 years that Somerset was an active plantation, hundreds of acres were farmed for rice, corn, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and flax. Today, Somerset Place is preserved as a state historic site offering a realistic view of what it was like for the slaves and freemen who once lived and worked on the plantation, once one of the Upper South's most prosperous enterprises.

Somerset Homecoming

2000-03-01 Social Science
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Release : 2000-03-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Somerset Homecoming by : Dorothy Spruill Redford

Download or read book Somerset Homecoming written by Dorothy Spruill Redford. This book was released on 2000-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of one woman's unflagging efforts to recover the history of her ancestors, slaves who had lived and worked at Somerset Place plantation.

Somerset Homecoming

2000-11-09 Social Science
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Release : 2000-11-09
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Somerset Homecoming by : Dorothy Spruill Redford

Download or read book Somerset Homecoming written by Dorothy Spruill Redford. This book was released on 2000-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields at the height of its prosperity; but nearly 125 years later, the only remembrance of their lives at Somerset, now a state historic site, was a lonely wooden sign marked "Site of Slave Quarters." Somerset Homecoming, first published in 1989, is the story of one woman's unflagging efforts to recover the history of her ancestors, slaves who had lived and worked at Somerset Place. Traveling down winding southern roads, through county courthouses and state archives, and onto the front porches of people willing to share tales handed down through generations, Dorothy Spruill Redford spent ten years tracing the lives of Somerset's slaves and their descendants. Her endeavors culminated in the joyous, nationally publicized homecoming she organized that brought together more than 2,000 descendants of the plantation's slaves and owners and marked the beginning of a campaign to turn Somerset Place into a remarkable resource for learning about the history of both African Americans and whites in the region.

Somerset

2014-02-04 Fiction
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Release : 2014-02-04
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Somerset by : Leila Meacham

Download or read book Somerset written by Leila Meacham. This book was released on 2014-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gone with the Wind meets The Help in the stunning prequel to Leila Meacham's bestselling family epic Roses. "From birth, Jessica had eschewed the role to which she'd been born. Was it because she sensed that her father's indulgence was compensation for his disappointment in her? Jessica thought too much, questioned, challenged, rebelled. Sometimes Eunice thought her daughter should have been born a male." Born into the wealthiest and most influential family in 1830s South Carolina, Jessica Wyndham was expected to look appealing, act with decorum, and marry a suitably prominent and respectable man. However, her outspoken opinions and unflagging sense of justice make her a difficult-and dangerous-firebrand, especially for slavery-dependent Carson Wyndham. Jessica's testing of her powerful father's love is only the beginning of the pain, passion, and triumph she will experience on a journey with the indomitable, land-obsessed Silas Toliver and headstrong Jeremy Warwick to a wild new land called Texas. PRAISE FOR LEILA MEACHAM "Discovering Leila Meacham and her spectacular talent is akin to discovering gold. With this novel she has become a national treasure." -- Huffington Post "Rich with American history and pitch-perfect storytelling, fans and new readers alike will find themselves absorbed in the family saga that Meacham has proven-once again-talented in telling." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Somerset Place and Its Restoration

1954 Historic buildings
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Release : 1954
Genre : Historic buildings
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Book Synopsis Somerset Place and Its Restoration by : William S. Tarlton

Download or read book Somerset Place and Its Restoration written by William S. Tarlton. This book was released on 1954. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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