Born at Duke Homestead

Schedule

Sat Mar 07 2026 at 11:15 am to 03:15 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Duke Homestead State Historic Site | Durham, NC

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We often talk about Duke Homestead as the birthplace of Washington Duke’s tobacco business. But it was also the birthplace of some important Duke family members, and where a handful of women worked to raise those children and maintain a home. Join us for a special program focusing on the lives of the women in the Duke family household.
Learn about the daily expectations of Victorian motherhood from young mothers, through pregnancy and birth, caring, teaching, mortality and remarriage, and enslaved vs white motherhood.
Normal tour fees apply
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Duke Homestead State Historic Site, 2828 Duke Homestead Rd, Durham, NC 27705-2726, United States

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