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21374
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An examination of the changes seen among subsistence based yeoman farmers in the state after the construction in the 1850s of the North Carolina Railroad spanning the state from Goldsboro to Charlotte. Taking advantage of new commercial opportunities afforded by the new railroad, yeoman farmers began to produce cash crops, viewing it as a chance to compete equally in a society that was becoming increasingly capitalist.
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21443
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An examination of the career of transplanted northerner Clinton A. Cilley whose life ran counter to the generally accepted view of the carpetbaggers as the disliked settlers who were unlikely to succeed in Southern agriculture and who were disliked and held separate by true southerners. Cilley, despite being an unlikely candidate for success or acceptance in the postwar south, demonstrated a willingness to get along with the white majority, an ability to find common ground, and a compatibility in social values that lead him to become a successful and prominent lawyer in western North Carolina.
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21467
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Prior to the Civil War, North Carolinians united in their disgust towards the poor and poor relief. They often associated poverty with illness and petty crime and the local and state governments did little to help combat it. During the Civil War, thousands of small North Carolina fell into poverty which forced the state and its citizens to reexamine its view of the subject. Local county governments took unheard of actions to solve the problem but ultimately failed. By the end of the Civil War, North Carolinians suffered from hunger and poverty on a scale unheard of to that point in North Carolina history.
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24355
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Throughout its two-hundred year history, the city of Raleigh has enjoyed importance as a center of business with considerable impact on North Carolina’s economy overall.
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30566
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This article expands on the importance of using African American sources when engaged in African American historical studies.