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  • CREATED EQUAL

    From Bondage to Freedom in James City

    The James City Historical Society (JCHS) announces the launch of its project, “Created Equal: From Bondage to Freedom in James City.” The project is supported in part by a grant from America 250 NC, which is North Carolina’s commemoration of the United States’ 250th anniversary and is led by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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    The James City Historical Society was founded in 1991 to honor the first community of formerly enslaved people in North Carolina.

    Today, the JCHS is the caretaker of two historical treasures:

    the

    Circa 1850 SLAVE QUARTERS
    and the

    FAR CEMETERY

  • RESERVE A TOUR

    Cross the threshold into a time when people were treated as property, their very humanity taken from them. As you enter the place they called home, notice the faces that stare back at you. How did they endure under such conditions? Imagine they are speaking to you now. What would they say?

    Honor the graves of the unknown dead, whose tombstones were bulldozed away. What memories were erased? How can we restore those memories today?

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