"We have with much adoe, our people being weake by reason of scarcity of provisions, pallisadoed about 9 acres of land . . . "- Council to the Lord Proprietors,
21 March 1671
The colonists were aware that the Spanish, hostile Native Americans and predatory animals threatened their safety. Well-supplied by the Lords Proprietors, they came to Carolina prepared to defend themselves.
Neglecting crops and homes, the entire community labored to build a wall of defense. They moved tons of earth to make a broad ditch, felled hundreds of trees and erected the massive palisade that stretched 1,500 feet across Albemarle Point.
Never sure of when an attack might occur, the men carried guns in the fields and even armed their slaves.
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