Princeville
Princeville emerged here on swampy land along the Tar River in 1865, as an encampment of self-emancipated African Americans who sought freedom within...
Hull's Trace
Governor William Hull was appointed General of the Northwest Army of the United States in the spring of 1812, being ordered to prepare an invasion of...
Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site
Known as the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad," the Coffins' house served as a safe-haven for over 1,000 runaway slaves as they...
Hotel De ’Afrique & USS Minnesota Monument
During the Civil War, African Americans used water routes to escape slavery and set up freedmen communities along the shores of the Outer Banks and...
Johnsonville State Historic Park
In late 1864, the depot where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad met the Tennessee River was key to Union battle plans and a target for...
Affricanna Town
For a few years in the 1860s, the land submerged in front of you—now part of Dunbar Cave State Park—supported a small community founded and populated...