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Inhabiting NC’s Landscape of Jim Crow

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Will

My two recent posts on Carter’s Grove and Beverly Wellford’s physician/slave insurance office have gotten me thinking about the experience of inhabiting historic landscapes of slavery as a modern historian and general Yankee.  This past weekend, I had another direct … Continue reading →

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Carter’s Grove is For Sale

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Will

Does anyone want to give me $15 million?  All I found under the couch this morning was a dime.  I ask because Carter’s Grove, a plantation built on the James River just below Williamsburg in early 1750s for the descendants of Robert … Continue reading →

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