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Stagville Plantation is located in Durham County, North Carolina. The plantation, a part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South, was owned by the Bennehan-Cameron family. The complex, which was comprised of roughly 30,000 acres (120 km²), including the Little River plantation, was also "home" to almost 900 slaves. Now, Stagville's historic holdings include several of these slave residences, known as Horton Grove, which are very well preserved. Several significant archaeological finds around these houses have given archaeologists and historians a glimpse into the lives of the slaves who lived and worked at Stagville. Also on the site are several historic houses and barns, including the original Bennehan home.
The land was originally donated to the state of North Carolina by the Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company in 1976. Stagville represents a unique look at North Carolina's history and infrastructure in the pre-Civil War South.
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1985 Piedmont Plantation: The Bennehan-Cameron Family and Lands in North Carolina. Historic Preservation Society, Durham.
1991 A History of Durham County, North Carolina. Duke University Press, Durham.
