Historical Marker
Confederate Memorial
Historical marker location:
1930 Court St, Roxboro, North Carolina
( Memorial is at the intersection of North Main Street and Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1922
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.