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Liberty Hall

Kenansville, NC (http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/nchistorical/liberty.html)

Provider: NC Department of Public Instruction

Resource summary

• Appropriate grades: 3–8
• Subjects: arts (architecture), social studies (North Carolina)
• Provider: NC Department of Public Instruction

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  From a list of volumes found in the Hayes Plantation Library exhibit at the North Carolina Collection Gallery, students will determine what catagories of books were most prevalent in the library and hypothesize as to why those types of books would be so important to an antebellum plantation owner.
  
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Come to Liberty Hall and discover North Carolina as it was 150 years ago. Meet the Kenan family in the Visitors Center's Theater. Tour the main house and share the life of a comfortable Southern plantation family of the 1850's. Stroll the garden paths and listen to the tunes of friendly songbirds. Visit the ten "dependencies" (support buildings) that contributed to the everyday life on a Southern plantation.

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays. Admission is charged. Call 1-800-755-1755 for more information.