[2] The land belonged to Sir William Dunbar in the early 19th century.

[3] The mansion was built for Joseph Neibert, a real estate speculator, in 1836.

[3] Fisk was active in the Mississippi Colonization Society, which repatriated slaves to Africa prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

[3] After Fisk's death, the house was donated for the formation of the Natchez Institute in 1854, the first public school which was segregated.

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