Oberlin Village
Rooted in freedom, Oberlin Village grew after the Civil War as a thriving African American community on the outskirts of Raleigh.
Friends Asylum For Colored Orphans
Friends Asylum for Colored Orphans was founded by Lucy Goode Brooks and the Ladies Sewing Circle for Charitable Work, all formerly enslaved, founded...
The Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell bears a timeless message: "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof." Go beyond the iconic crack to...
Old North Church
Famous church from which the two lanterns indicating a British approach by Sea were placed in the steeple. A national landmark marking the start of...
The Enslaved At Davies Manor
Before, during, and after the Civil War, African Americans played a vital — but until recent decades, unacknowledged — role in the workings of...
McLemore House
Born enslaved about 1829, Harvey McLemore was bound to the white McLemore family until emancipation in 1865.