Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historic site
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| gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
gptkb:Fort_Raleigh_National_Historic_Site
gptkb:Freedmen's_Colony_of_Roanoke_Island_Monument |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:disbanded |
1867
|
| gptkbp:established |
1863
|
| gptkbp:governedBy |
gptkb:Union_Army
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
descendants still live in the area
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Roanoke_Island
|
| gptkbp:notableBuilding |
gptkb:church
gptkb:hospital schools wood homes |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation |
| gptkbp:notableLeader |
gptkb:Horace_James
gptkb:Richard_Etheridge |
| gptkbp:population |
over 3,000 freedmen at its peak
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
refuge for formerly enslaved African Americans
|
| gptkbp:significance |
early experiment in Reconstruction
|
| gptkbp:state |
gptkb:North_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Roanoke_Island
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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