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Imagine traveling down a river some 2,700 years ago in a canoe. If you were one of the first peoples of

what we now call North Carolina, you might have used a dugout canoe for fishing, for hauling supplies down

rivers and across lakes and sounds, and, possibly, for fighting.

To make a canoe, you would build a fire of moss and wood chips at the base of a tree and let it burn until the

tree fell. Then you would set small fires along the length of the log to char the wood. Finally, you would scrape

the charred wood with tools made of bone or seashells until the canoe had the desired shape.

Fold a canoe

1. Fold a piece of

paper in half, then

unfold it.

2. Fold the two

sides to the center

line . . . 3. . . . like this. 4. Fold in all corners.

5. Fold four

corners in again.

6. Fold two sides

to the center. . .7. . . . like this. 8. Slip your thumbs

under all folded-in

layers, and turn the

canoe inside out. . .

9. . . . like this!

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Museum of History

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Thomas Day (1801–1861) was a master cabinetmaker in Milton, North Carolina. Hedesigned and built beautiful wooden chairs, tables, beds, sofas, even staircases. By 1850 Day, afree African American, was operating the largest cabinetmaking business in the state.

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Mr. Day builtbenches, orpews, like thisfor his churchin Milton. Theyare still usedevery Sunday.

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ThomasDay (1801–1861)was a mastercabinetmaker in Milton,North Carolina. Hedesigned and builtbeautiful woodenchairs, tables, beds,sofas, even staircases. By1850 Day, a free AfricanAmerican, was operating thelargest cabinetmaking businessin the state.

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Thomas Day Bench

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