SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Billy) Boone Plantation

Location: near Roanoke River, Northampton Co., NC
Constructed: ----

History: ----

Associated Surnames: Boone

Associated Free White Names

• Billy Boone: owner; preacher
  • wife Nancy Boone
  • son Solomon Boone
  • dau. Elsie Boone
  • dau. Alice Boone

Associated Black Slave Names

Slaves of Billy Boone
From "Voices from Slavery", narrative of Andrew Boone, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Isham Boone
  • wife (1) Sarah Boone
  • son Andrew Boone
  • son Sam Boone
  • son Walter Boone
  • dau. Cherry Boone
  • wife (2) Mollie Lassiter
  • wife (3) Lila Lassiter
  • children of Mollie or Lila, and Isham Boone, parents not sepcified: Jim, Mollie, Liza, Rosa, Pete
• Sam Joyner

Agriculture

• ----

Description of Associated Architecture

• Slave cabins: constructed from logs, covered with slabs, cracks sealed with mud; stick and mud chimneys

RESOURCES

• Yetman, Norman R. Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Dover Publications, Inc. 2000