Here, a re-enactor is demonstrating how false bottom wagons were used. At a quick glance, slave catchers would see only a wagon filled with hay, and not notice the freedom seekers concealed underneath. | Creator: North Carolina ECHO | Date: 2003 | Source: Courtesy of the Mendenhall Plantation, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll8/id/5357)Download Original File
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North Carolina ECHO
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Courtesy of the Mendenhall Plantation, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll8/id/5357)
