Edenton is particularly proud of its historic area with houses going back to 1750, most of them still in private ownership. We enjoyed a trolley ride round the area with a very, very detailed talk about the various houses and buildings. Also saw the site, (which is now a parking lot), of the house where Harriet Ann Jacobs, a slave, hid from her "owners" for seven years in a small hidden space in her Grandmother's house. She then made her way to New York disguised as a sailor and once free wrote her memoirs which I'm reading at the moment.
Once we had soaked up the history we headed for the Outer Banks.
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