SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

(Dr.) Cain's Plantation

Location: Orange Co., NC
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History: ----

Associated Surnames: Cain

Associated Free White Names

• Dr. Cain: owner
  • wife Polly White Cain
  • son Jim Cain: Confederate soldier

Associated Black Slave Names

1850 - 1865: Slaves of Dr. Cain
From Voices From Slavery: Sarah Debro interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Charity: cook
• Dave: Jim Cain's bodyguard in the Civil War
• Pete: cook
• Sarah: house maid; born ca. 1850

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

• Big House
• Slave cabins

Others Researching This Plantation

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RESOURCES

• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 98-100.