Bricks & mortar.

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Thomas Day moved both bed and business into the old Union Tavern in 1848, running the state's largest cabinet shop in Milton, a Caswell County town near the Virginia border. A free black, he owned slaves and had whites among his dozen workmen. His shop produced pieces that are still prized and, since it used...

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