UNESCO dedicates this day to remembering the slave trade and recognizing the resistance and resilience of those who suffered through it. Here at Stagville we aim to raise awareness about the history of slavery and promote a better understanding of its impact.
Today and everyday we honor the memory of enslaved people by naming them and uplifting their stories. The photo above is taken from the Cameron Family Papers in the University of North Carolina’s Southern Historical Collection. It shows 1771 and 1772 purchase records of enslaved people, Jack and Scrub. Scrub self-emancipated from Stagville in 1784. Jack, Scrub, and countless others were treated as property, kidnapped, bought, and sold by enslavers here in North Carolina and globally
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#internationaldayfortheremembranceoftheslavetradeanditsabolition #historicstagville
Frederick Douglass Community Reading
Join us for our virtual Community Reading of Frederick Douglass' Independence Day speech! This speech, delivered by Douglass on July 5, 1852, is one of the most famous anti-slavery texts in American history.
Douglass demanded that we use the Fourth of July to face the contradictions of American slavery and freedom. "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."
We read this speech each year to remember those enslaved at Stagville, and all those excluded from the full freedoms of this nation.
Juneteenth Video 3
This year to celebrate Juneteenth, we are sharing videos that discuss specific stories of freedom from Stagville!
Check out our final #FreedomStories video below!
Juneteenth Video 2
This year to celebrate Juneteenth, we are sharing videos that discuss specific stories of freedom from Stagville.
Here is our next #FreedomStories video!
Juneteenth Freedom Stories
Stagville is not able to have our typical Juneteenth event this year, but we are sharing videos that discuss specific stories of freedom from Stagville.
Check out the first video below and be sure to look out for more #FreedomStories videos to come!
We are here today in Raleigh at the Museum of History for the African American Cultural Celebration!! Come on over and join the fun, and make a cowrie shell necklace with us at the Stagville table!
NEW WAYSIDE INSTALLATION!!! It's been a long time coming. Quality not so great- internet connection was kinda spotty. But before & after photos to follow!
35th USCT at Horton Grove
The reenactors from the 35th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops (from New Bern, North Carolina) at Stagville today, marching to meet visitors at Horton Grove!
Mary D. Williams is here performing and lecturing today!
Truly Anointed Gospel Choir plays at Jubilee Music Festival!
African American Dance Ensemble- Juneteenth