✨Celebrate Black History Month in Camden County and learn of the incredible people, stories, places and events that helped shaped who we are today. Visit link in comments to learn more! 📍Dismal Swamp Canal #BlackHistoryMonth #visitnc #CamdenCountyNC #history #historymatters #blackhistory #HistoryLivesHere NC Black Heritage Tour Civil War Trails, Inc. National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom NC African American Heritage Commission Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Caro

#BlackHistoryLivesHere... One of the most historically significant and courageous individuals from the Albemarle Sound Region during the 19th century, Moses Grandy, was born enslaved in Camden County and worked as a river ferryman, boatman and captain along the Dismal Swamp Canal and local waterways. Captain Grandy's extraordinary life, which included being cheated out of his freedom twice and publishing his autobiography ~ "Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United State