Born enslaved, escaped ca. 1857. Author of The Bondswoman’s Narrative, based on her life, penned between 1853 and 1861. Lived two blocks north.
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Children's book author, advocate for civil rights & higher education. Wrote Crackajack Pony in 1969. Lived in Occoneechee Neck.
Journalist and author. First Secretary, Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1972. Was N.C. Poet Laureate, 1982-1996. Born ½ m. N.
Abolitionist & maritime captain. Emancipated self and family. He published autobiography ca. 1843. Labored & lived nearby.
Cherokee who resisted removal & escaped from U.S. troops; executed nearby, 1838. Story inspired Unto These Hills.
Writer of fiction and poetry. "Fielding Burke," her pen name. Author of Call Home the Heart and Highland Annals. Home, 1925-68, was 1/4 mile N.
"Poet of the People," Lincoln biographer, & Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Lived, 1945-67, at "Connemara," 1/3 mi. W.
Marble statue from the Asheville shop of W. O. Wolfe. Inspired title of son Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel. Stands 150 feet south.
Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929), "Of Time and the River," and other works. Home stands 200 yards N., birthplace 500 yds. N.E.
Minister, politician, & author. Film "Birth of a Nation" was based on his novel The Clansman. Grave is 1500 ft. N.