Harriet Morehead Berry, often called the champion of good roads, was born in 1877 in Hillsborough.
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Born a slave in Virginia around 1820, Elizabeth Keckley came to North Carolina with her master’s son in 1835. Keckley purchased her freedom in 1855. In 1860, Keckley moved to Washington, D.C. where she eventually was hired by Mary Todd Lincoln in March 1861. In 1868, Keckley published her memoir, Behind the Scenes: Or 30 Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House.