Historical Marker

George Burrington

Historical marker location:
Burgaw, North Carolina
( Marker is on U.S. 117 just south of Business U.S. 117, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1999

ca. 1682–1759.

North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.
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