Poplar Grove Plantation (Pender County, N.C.)

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Poplar Grove Planation was a sweet potato and peanut-producing plantation which exploited the labor of the enslaved Gullah Geechee people to produce its crops. The plantation was located near Scotts Hill in Pender County, N.C.and was owned primarily by the Foy family. Poplar Grove Plantation is now a museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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referencedIn Robert Lee Foy Collection, 1762-1894 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
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ownedBy Foy, Joseph Mumford, 1817-1861 person
associatedWith Foy, Robert Lee. person
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Slavery
Gullahs
Plantations
Slaves
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Active 1795

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SNAC ID: 21872110