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Africa to Carolina

Africa to Carolina

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Africa to Carolina

The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission's Africa to Carolina initiative serves to identify, acknowledge and mark each site in the state where enslaved Africans disembarked directly from the African Continent. 

Sites

AAHC staff worked closely with the NC Office of Archives & History and the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Marker Project to identify the following disembarkation sites. Sites are listed in alphabetical order. 

  1. Port Bath
  2. Port Beaufort
  3. Port Brunswick
  4. Port Currituck
  5. New Bern 
  6. Port Roanoke
  7. Wilmington

"Africa to Carolina" Advisory Board

Dr. Anna Agbe-Davies

Dr. Anna Agbe-Davies is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at UNC Chapel Hill. 

Ramona Bartos

Ramona Bartos is Director of the Division of Historical Resources in the NC Office of Archives and History.

Tracey Burns

Tracey Burns is Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Cultural Inclusion in the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Dr. Kevin Cherry

Dr. Kevin Cherry is Deputy Secretary of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Ann Chinn

Ann Chinn is the Founder and Executive Director of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit.

Jaki Shelton Green

Jaki Shelton Green is a renowned and decorated writer, poet and arts advocate. She was recently appointed as the ninth North Carolina Poet Laureate.

Karen Hayes

Karen Hayes is the Manager of Somerset Place State Historic Site (Crewsell, NC). 

Mike Hill

Mike Hill is Research Supervisor of the NC Office of Archives and History.

Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson

Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson is the Mott Distinguished Professor of Women’s Studies and Director of Africana Women’s Studies at Bennett College for Women. She also serves as Chair of the NC African American Heritage Commission.

Michelle Lanier

Michelle Lanier is the Director of the NC Division of State Historic Sites and Properties. Before taking on this role, she served as the Founding Executive Director of the NC African American Heritage Commission. 

Charles LeCount

Charles "Chuck" LeCount is the Deputy Director of North Carolina Historic Sites.

Jim McKee

Jim McKee is the Manager for Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site (Winnabow, NC).

John Mintz

John Mintz serves as the State Archaeologist in the NC Office of State Archaeology.

Dr. Nora Reber

Dr. Nora Reber is Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at UNC Wilmington.

Dr. Melissa Stuckey

Dr. Melissa Stuckey is an Assistant Professor of History at  Elizabeth City State University.

Programs

  • Freedom Roads
  • NC Civil Rights Trail
  • Green Book Project
  • A Tale of Two Ships
  • Africa to Carolina
  • Black History Month Read-in 2021
  • Sustaining North Carolina’s African American Heritage Institutions During COVID-19 Webinar Series

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NC African American Heritage Commission

NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
109 E. Jones St.
4632 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4632

ncaahc@ncdcr.gov

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