Topics Related to Historic Stagville

February 24, 2024, 6:15pm - 7:45pm
A guided night hike at Horton Grove, with stories about enslaved people's night time resistance in North Carolina.
February 14, 2024, 12pm - 3pm
Celebrate the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass! On Douglass Day, joining a national effort to create new digital resources for African American history. Join us at History Stagville for a transcription party to digitize Black history records.
December 9, 2023, 4:30pm - 6pm
Celebrate a remarkable African American holiday tradition with Historic Stagville and St Sya Academy!
October 28, 2023, 6:30pm - 8pm
A guided night hike at Horton Grove, with stops to read and reflect on enslaved people's experiences of night time in North Carolina.
October 22, 2023, 3pm - 5pm
Please join the NCCU Department of History for the 2023 Earlie E. Thorpe Lecture at Horton Grove. Double Eagle, Dr. Glen Anthony Harris, will lecture on the career of the esteemed photojournalist Alexander Rivera.
September 16, 2023, 11am - 4pm
Stagville welcomes back Dontavius Williams (of The Chronicles of Adam) for an outdoor cooking demonstration interpreting the cooking traditions of enslaved people. Join us on Saturday, September 16, 2023, to explore the history of enslaved people's cooking traditions in North Carolina.
June 17, 2023, 10am - 1pm
Stagville's 17th annual Juneteenth program, honoring the local history of emancipation. Visit on Saturday, June 17th, to learn from talks and guided tours about emancipation; explore a pop-up display about freedom seekers at Stagville; and explore prompts for reflection and remembrance at Horton Grove.
July 4, 2023, 10am - 11:30am
Commemorate Independence Day with a community reading of Frederick Douglass' famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July," at Horton Grove.
April 22, 2023, 12pm - 4pm
The Nasher Museum and Historic Stagville co-present an afternoon of tours for all ages, inspired by the exhibition Spirit in the Land. At 2 pm, Vivette Jeffries Logan and Justin Robinson will lead a commemorative and ecological guided walk at Horton Grove.