Historic Albemarle tour explores North Carolina's past

Sunday, July 18, 2004

CRESWELL, N.C. -- More than two centuries after Josiah Collins and two partners started carving fields and farms out of the swampy wilderness of northeastern North Carolina, a visit to Somerset Place provides a glimpse of the human toll of plantation life.

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