The Bellamy Mansion Museum, an antebellum home located in downtown Wilmington, was built for John Dillard Bellamy, a physician and planter, and his wife Eliza McIlhenny Harriss. In early 1861 ...

Of the approximately 115 enslaved men, women and children that Bellamy owned, nine resided and worked at the property, according to historical documents. Along with the entire mansion, travelers ...