I think every American should make a trip to Stagv...

I think every American should make a trip to Stagville in their lifetime. I teach high school history, and came to this site as part of a month-long Freedom Tour of the South. As the members of a nation shaped by slavery, it is essential that we take the opportunity to visit historic plantation sites to learn about and imagine the lives of enslaved people and the meaning of the race-based slave system. The Stagville tour stands out as the most honest, rich, and educational plantation visit possible in any of the eleven seceding states. Site manager Julianne Herczeg is a brilliant historian and teacher, guiding you through the actions, experiences, and psychology that comprised enslaved life. Her tour personalizes and dignifies the generations of people who lived and labored at the largest plantation in North Carolina before going on to create Durham s black professional class, Black Wall Street, and the many families who return to Stagville today for reunions and for memory and history. I cannot recommend this experience highly enough. This important legacy deserves the care, expertise, and teaching that Stagville uniquely provides.