Experts' Choice Award Stagville State Historic Site
What the experts agree on
This massive antebellum plantation preserves slave quarters and original foundations alongside the main estate, offering guided or self-guided tours that honestly confront North Carolina's plantation history and the lives of enslaved people who built
“Owned by the Bennehan and Cameron families, Stagville was one of the largest plantations in antebellum North Carolina, at 30,000 acres and with about 900 slaves.”
– Fodor's
Where "Go on self-guided tours to see the original foundations for the kitchen and a domestic slave cabin, as well as the Bennehan Family Graveyard." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The fascinating guided tours drive in convoy to an emotive cluster of slave homes, along with a massive barn, a mile from the main house." Full review
