Somerset Place Hosts Statewide "Freedom For All" Exhibit

This week, a statewide traveling exhibit called “Freedom For All” went on display at a plantation in Washington County.   The exhibit includes illustrated panels which tell the story of slavery in North Carolina before, during and after the Civil War.  Freedom For All will be on display at the Somerset Place State Historic Site in Creswell until August 23rd.   Built in the 1780’s, the plantation was one of the largest in the South during the antebellum era.  It started as a business venture for three Edenton men in 1785 to grow rice.  This week, I spoke with Assistant Site Manager Amber Satterthwaite about the exhibit and the history of Somerset Place.