Durham County is home to what was once one of the largest slave plantations in the South. Today part of that former plantation is called “Historic Stagville.” This weekend, people of all backgrounds and even descendants of those enslaved there, will gather for “Juneteenth” – the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Triangle Land Conservancy has been working to preserve property like Horton Grove, adjacent to Stagville – the oldest section of a vast plantation complex.
For the first time in Triangle Land Conservancy history, it has handed over land or “given rights” – to an organization it says will do “good” and “right” by Catawba Trail Farm and the land surrounding it.
The group is called Urban Community Agri-Nomics or U-CAN. It was founded by two African American women, sisters – Delphine Sellars and Lucille Patterson who dreamed of building a large-scale community garden. Today there are some 45 raised garden beds.
Leoneda Inge visits the farm and talks with the director of Triangle Land Conservancy about their work preserving land.
Guest
Sandy Sweitzer, executive director of the Triangle Land Conservancy
