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14507
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At one time indigo represented the leading money crop for plantation owners along the coast. This article presents the interesting story of the indigo's beginning in colonial Carolina.
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14538
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Compulsory military service was in effect during Colonial days, long before the Revolution occurred, and there were many unique features in connection with its enforcement.
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14547
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Getting drunk, using profanity and fishing on Sundays were some of the things which were sternly forbidden during the colonial period of North Carolina's history.
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14569
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In addition to Africans, there were also Indian and white slaves, and there were many rules and regulations in force with respect to their treatment.
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14582
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Violators of the law in our day and time may thing they are getting rather severe punishment, but in examining what took place as punishment in North Carolina during the days of the Lore Proprietors - 1665 to 1730 - they should have nothing to complain about.
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14597
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The State of Franklin was a short-lived commonwealth, but during its brief existence it underwent some hectic experiences.
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14647
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Llewellyn Markwick was an affable Englishman who came to Wilmington during colonial days. And then, one day, he disappeared, and no trace of him was found until eight years later.
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14667
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The John Kuners played an important part in the observance of Christmas in North Carolina during the ante-bellum days and are believed to have obtained their start in Wilmington.
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14672
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Northerners who criticize the use of the favorite expression \"you all,\" may be interested in knowing that there are frequent references to it in the Good Book.
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Although stricken with yellow fever and at the point of death, John William Anderson had himself lashed to the wheel of the blockade-runner Mary Celeste and brought her safely into port.
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14712
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Although few people are aware of the fact, the men of the Cape Fear region made the capture of Fort Caswell three months before Fort Sumter was fired upon.
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14726
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a famous Confederate spy who gave advance notice of the movement of Federal troops toward Bull Run, and rendered many other services to the Southern cause.
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14731
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Many prominent people are buried in St. James Churchyard in the heart of Wilmington, and the tombstones of more than a century ago contain inscriptions which are typical of the times.
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14759
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Few women rendered more loyal service to the Confederate cause, made greater sacrifices or endured more severe hardships than did Sara Annie \"Daisy\" Chaffee Lamb.
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14775
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Wilmington's Old Castle, an ancient structure, together with lengthy tunnels reaching to the water's edge, played a prominent part in the early history of the City by the Sea.
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