Record #:

2680

Author(s):

Inscoe, John C.

Abstract:

Slavery in the state's mountains differed from that supported by the cash-crop economy of the east. In the west, slave owners were mostly professional men who used the slaves in their businesses or hired them out to others.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Fall 1995, p8-11, il

Subject(s):

Slavery--North Carolina, Western; Slaveholders--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

21329

Author(s):

Inscoe, John C.

Abstract:

A comparison of the public response in North Carolina to 'The Clansman' (1905), a play by Thomas Dixon, Jr., with the response to D. W. Griffith's film version, 'The Birth of a Nation' (1915). Particular attention is given to the portrayal of African Americans in both pieces, as well as to the public response.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 2, April 1987, p139-161, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dixon, Thomas F. Jr., 1864-1946

Record #:

21437

Author(s):

Inscoe, John C.

Abstract:

During the Antebellum Period in western North Carolina, most subsistence farmers lacked the money and need to own slaves for manual farm labor. There were a sizeable number of slaves owned by professional men, shopkeepers, and men in office though. These slaves were not crucial to the economic wealth of western North Carolina but enough white residents had sufficiently invested in the engine of slavery that it was a major consideration in the decision to leave or remain in the Union in early 1861.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 61 Issue 2, Apr 1984, p143-173 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record #:

21579

Author(s):

Inscoe, John C.

Abstract:

During her husband's service in the Confederate Army, Macon County resident Mary Bell demonstrated an unknown level of personal growth and flexibility apparent in her letters to her husband, Alfred. In their correspondence, Mary describes her problems and her neighbors'--providing a detailed view of her community. This insight into a community which, while isolated from the war, was also affected by it daily.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 4, Oct 1992, p388-413 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865