Bright Leaf Tobacco
Inscription
In 1850s on a farm in this
area Abisha Slade perfected
a process for curing yellow
tobacco. His slave Stephen
discovered process in 1839.
Location
AddressSR 1511 (Blanch Road) west of Blanch
CountyCaswell
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.494220, -79.317610
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