. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Awakening Somerset: The Story Beyond the Big House. Josiah Collins III built his 14-room mansion at Somerset in 1830. By Carla B. Burgess A "false" door produced what de- signers call symmetry of architecture inside the antebellum home of planter Josiah Collins III. But it took a descen- dant of one of the Collins family's 353 slaves to restore balance to the story of Somerset Place. It's easy enough for visitors to find this coastal North Carolina plantation, which once completely encircled the
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Awakening Somerset: The Story Beyond the Big House. Josiah Collins III built his 14-room mansion at Somerset in 1830. By Carla B. Burgess A "false" door produced what de- signers call symmetry of architecture inside the antebellum home of planter Josiah Collins III. But it took a descen- dant of one of the Collins family's 353 slaves to restore balance to the story of Somerset Place. It's easy enough for visitors to find this coastal North Carolina plantation, which once completely encircled the 16,600-acre Lake Phelps. From 64, the brown historical signs lead tour- ists through the sleepy town of Creswell, past fields of corn and beans sprinkled with shocks of wild mustard, across the Scuppernong River, onto Spruill and 30-Foot Canal roads and almost to Pettigrew State Park. But Dorothy Redford — a seventh generation descendant of the first slaves to toil this plantation — had to find her homeplace the hard way, by a painstak- ing 10-year pilgrimage through thick volumes of federal censuses, courthouse records and deeds, old newspapers and hours of oral history gathering. Her search led this former Ports- mouth, Va., social worker in 1985 to the steps of the "Big House" on the Collins' plantation, where a teenage guide gave her a tour of the home that included scant mention of African-Americans. 10 JULY/AUGUST 1993. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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