• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

    Fort Raleigh

    National Historic Site North Carolina

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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
1401 National Park Drive
Manteo, North Carolina 27954

Phone:

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(252) 473-5772

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(252) 473-2595

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Did You Know?

Freedman Colony reenactor and descendent, John Wise

Roanoke Island became a safe haven of Freedom for escaped slaves when the Union seized the island during the Civil War.  As a result, the first and largest Freedmen's Colony in North Carolina was established to prepare these African Americans for a new life after the war. More...