2. Somerset Plantation 1785 - 1865 l Was one of only four plantations in NC that held over 300 slaves. l Primarily cultivated rice, wheat, and corn. Produced lumber for plantation housing as well as for export. l Maintained 2 story hospital primarily to serve as quarantine - a protection from economic calamity if many slaves got sick. l 80 slaves were brought directly from West Africa in 1786. These were the people who had first-hand knowledge of rice cultivation.

3. Somerset - Main House

4. Boarding School - about 30 yards from main house since mother did not want to send children away l 6 Collins Boys l Minister l 1-2 Tutors l 25 dogs l 2 pet monkeys

5. Overseer House

6. Slaves Cabin

7. Pen - adjoined slave quarters where they could grow their own food and/or keep livestock

8. Nine people lived in this 18x18 cabin

9. Dining table - note gourd bowl

11. Slave bed which slept 2

12. Slave doll - the absence of legs symbolized lack of freedom

13. Dairy - note presence and position of louvers to help keep interior cool

14. Kitchen to prepare food for main house

15. Kitchen

16. Most cooking was done over an open fire

17. Waffle Iron

18. The canal was dug by slaves - 6 - 12 feet deep, 20 feet wide, 6 miles long. Connected Lake Phelps to Scuppernong River. From there goods went to Edenton to be shipped from there.

19. Somerset Plantation l Over 100,000 acres. l By 1850 there were over 50 structures on the plantation including barns, sawmills, gristmills, stables, an Episcopal chapel, smoke and salting houses. l Within five years of the slaves emancipation, the owners were forced to sell.