From Slavery to Freedom HillDuring the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped to U.S. Army lines, and more than thirty African Americans from Edgecombe County enlisted in the 35th, 36th, and 37th U.S. Colored Troops, 14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, and U.S. Navy. After the war, former slaves sought refuge at aU.S. Army camp located here on the plantations of John Lloyd and Lafayette Dancy. The freedmen called their settlement of huts and shanties on the Tar River floodplain Freedom Hill.
|Placed By||Civil War Trails North Carolina|
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|Date Added||Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 10:31am PDT -07:00|
|UTM (WGS84 Datum)||18S E 271966 N 3974736|
|Decimal Degrees||35.89036667, -77.52636667|
|Degrees and Decimal Minutes||N 35° 53.422', W 77° 31.582'|
|Degrees, Minutes and Seconds||35° 53' 25.32" N, 77° 31' 34.92" W|
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|Area Code(s)||252, 919|
|Closest Postal Address||At or near 342-354 Mutual Blvd, Princeville NC 27886, US|
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