Thomas Day statue
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- Date created
- December 19, 2007
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. All Rights Reserved
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- Antebellum North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war. (Page 4.4)
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Statue of famous North Carolina furniture maker Thomas Day at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. Day, a free black man, moved to Caswell County in 1825 at the age of 24, and quickly became one of the area’s most respected and productive furniture makers.
