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Duke Women's Soccer Visits Historic Stagville Thursday
4/9/2021 7:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's soccer team spent Thursday afternoon visiting Historic Stagville, a local site displaying the remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina.
The team experienced a guided tour of the Stagville grounds, which included 30,000 acres of land in the 1860s and held over 900 enslaved people. In hearing stories passed through generations, reading first-hand written accounts and walking through exhibits of enslaved family houses, Duke was presented with a detailed depiction of what life was like on the plantation.
"The staff at Stagville did a phenomenal job," head coach Robbie Church said. "It's amazing to learn, and it's sad to learn how people were treated. For me and for the players, I think it just reinforced that we can be better and we have to be better in the future. I thought it was a great thing for the program to visit."
Duke's visit to Stagville served as part of the team's continuous commitment towards educating itself to create inclusive environments, while helping to eradicate racism. In October, Duke and the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina collaborated to create a video in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and numerous players have utilized their personal platforms to spread awareness on social justice issues.
"I think it speaks a lot about their ability to want to make this world better," Church said. "They want to do the right things in this world, to treat people the right way. They to want to dive into the history and learn from some of the good things that have been done in the past and some of the bad things that have been done in the past."
For more information on Historic Stagville, please visit historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-stagville.
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The team experienced a guided tour of the Stagville grounds, which included 30,000 acres of land in the 1860s and held over 900 enslaved people. In hearing stories passed through generations, reading first-hand written accounts and walking through exhibits of enslaved family houses, Duke was presented with a detailed depiction of what life was like on the plantation.
"The staff at Stagville did a phenomenal job," head coach Robbie Church said. "It's amazing to learn, and it's sad to learn how people were treated. For me and for the players, I think it just reinforced that we can be better and we have to be better in the future. I thought it was a great thing for the program to visit."
Duke's visit to Stagville served as part of the team's continuous commitment towards educating itself to create inclusive environments, while helping to eradicate racism. In October, Duke and the women's soccer program at the University of North Carolina collaborated to create a video in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and numerous players have utilized their personal platforms to spread awareness on social justice issues.
"I think it speaks a lot about their ability to want to make this world better," Church said. "They want to do the right things in this world, to treat people the right way. They to want to dive into the history and learn from some of the good things that have been done in the past and some of the bad things that have been done in the past."
For more information on Historic Stagville, please visit historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/historic-stagville.
#GoDuke
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