Connecting People with our Black Heritage Sites

Experience the sites and explore the stories that celebrate the contributions of African Americans and their significance in the cultural heritage of Northeast North Carolina.

Inspiring exploration and appreciation for the African American Experience...

The African American Experience of NENC (AAENENC) celebrates the contributions of African Americans and encourages a deeper understanding of the significance of the region’s cultural heritage in order to build more inclusive communities.

This project is a collaborative project between nine NC counties that include:

Historic Jarvisburg Colored School
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Somerset Place State Historic Site
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Colored Union Soldiers Monument
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Josephine Napoleon Leary
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Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District
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Camden Heritage Museum & Historic Jail
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The Freedman’s Colony 1862-1867 | NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Richard Etheridge (1842-1900) and his family were buried on property that he purchased in the vicinity...
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Somerset Place State Historic Site
This historic site offers a realistic view of 19th-century life on a large-scale North Carolina plantation....
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Captain Benjamin J. Bowser Gravesite
The Pea Island Lifesaving Station, known as “Station 17,” was manned by an all-African American crew. ...
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Maritime Underground Railroad Waterfront
National Park Service Underground Railway Network to Freedom, Maritime Underground Railroad Site, Waterfront...
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Reid’s Grove Rosenwald School
Still on its original site, the Reid’s Grove School educated African American students. Completed on November...
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United States Colored Troops (USCT) Encampment Site
On this site in 1863, the 1st US Colored Troops encamped on this site to build fortifications and to...
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