Cameron family.
Biographical notes:
Cameron family of Orange and Durham counties and Raleigh, N.C. Among antebellum North Carolina's largest landholders and slave holders, the Camerons also owned substantial plantations in Alabama and Mississippi. Prominent family members included Richard Bennehan (1743-1825), merchant; Duncan Cameron (1777-1853), lawyer, judge, banker, and legislator; and Paul C. Cameron (1808-1891), planter, agricultural reformer, and railroad builder.
From the description of Cameron family papers, 1757-1978 (bulk 1770-1894). WorldCat record id: 48924103
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Agriculture
- Banks and banking
- Families
- Lawyers
- Merchants
- Plantation life
- Plantations
- Railroads
- Women
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Places:
- Raleigh (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Alabama (as recorded)
- Stagville (N.C.) (as recorded)
- North Carolina (as recorded)
- Orange County (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Durham County (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Fairntosh Plantation (N.C.) (as recorded)
- Stagville Plantation (N.C.) (as recorded)
