SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Neuse Plantation

Location: Wake Co., NC
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History: Following the Civil War, the Dunn slaves had remained at Neuse Plantation to work as sharecroppers. Later on, everyone relocated to Peterson Dunn's other plantation, Wake Forest, then eventually returned to Neuse.

Associated Surnames: Dunn

Associated Plantations: Wake Forest Plantation (Wake Co., NC)

Associated Free White Names

• Peterson Dunn: owner of Neuse and Wake Forest Plantations
  • wife Betsy Dunn

Associated Black Slave Names

1865: Slaves of Peterson Dunn
From Voices From Slavery: Lucy Ann Dunn interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Dempsey: feild hand
  • wife Rachel: cook
  • dau Lucy Ann: house girl
  • son Allen
  • son Charles
  • dau Corina
  • dau Madora
• Jim: married Lucy Ann after the Civil War

Agriculture

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Description of Associated Architecture

• Great House
• Slave cabins
• Neuse Plantation Baptist Church

Others Researching This Plantation

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RESOURCES

• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 101-103.