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:

Somerset Place State Historic Site
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Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
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Reid’s Grove Rosenwald School
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Colored Union Soldiers Monument
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Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District
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Dismal Swamp Canal
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Historic Jarvisburg Colored School
The Historic Jarvisburg Colored School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, honoring...
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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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Pasquotank River and the Underground Railroad
The Pasquotank River was an important gateway to freedom for many enslaved African Americans in northeastern...
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Colored Union Soldiers Monument
A rectangular stone marker sits atop a concrete base. It has a pointed top and is engraved with text...
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Camden Heritage Museum & Historic Jail
Learn about construction of the Dismal Swamp Canal and Moses Grandy, a slave born in the late 1700s who...
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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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