Africa to Carolina

“The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission began the Africa to Carolina initiative in 2018 to identify, acknowledge and eventually physically mark the sites of disembarkation at ports in the state. The exhibit is the first step to helping others learn about the impact the 2,000 enslaved individuals made in the state. The Museum of the Albemarle, a part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, is an agency of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Africa to Carolina, a panel style traveling exhibit, presents the history of the forced migration of enslaved persons from Africa and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The exhibit explores the Middle Passage, conditions on slave ships, the slave-trading business, laws concerning the importation of enslaved people, and methods of their resistance.  For more information about the initiative visit Africa to Carolina | NC AAHC.” 

The traveling exhibition will be on display at the Museum of the Albemarle from July 1, 2025, to August 2, 2025. The exhibition is free and open to the public.