SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION

Twenty Acres Plantation

Location: Near Greenville, Pitt Co., NC
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History: Twenty Acres Plantation consisted of more than 500 acres

Associated Surnames: Dawson

Associated Free White Names

• Levi Dawson: owner; inherited the plantation from his father; owned four or five slaves before his marriage to Susie Isley
  • wife Susie Isley Dawson: brought 40 slaves (from her father Mr. Isley) to Twenty Acres Plantation
  • son Simeon Dawson: Confederate soldier

Associated Black Slave Names

1832 - 1865: Slaves of Levi Dawson
From Voices From Slavery: Anthony Dawson interview, edited by Norman R. Yetman

• Anthony: blacksmith
  • wife Chanie: head house woman
  • son Anthony: born July 25, 1832
• John: overlooker (note: the title of overseer was reserved for white men); brother of Anthony (blacksmith)

Agriculture

• Tobacco, cotton, corn, oats

Livestock

• Cattle, horses, sheep

Description of Associated Architecture

• Big House: single story, eight rooms, front gallery

Others Researching This Plantation

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RESOURCES

• Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. Edited by Yetman, Norman R. pp 93-97.