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16856
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Stereotypes of antebellum white society perpetuate the misrepresentation of a two-tier system; rich estate, slave-holders and destitute whites. Upon further review, there was a greater complexity amongst the white population and the earliest scholar to acknowledge this was Daniel Robinson Hundley in SOCIAL RELATIONS IN OUR SOUTHERN STATES(1860). A faction of these folk were landless whites, a group of people who filled a great range of necessary jobs like coopers, carpenters, shoemakers, fishermen, etc.
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19603
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Ante-bellum towns in the state tended to be small, with only two of the twenty five towns in the 1860 census boasting a population of more than five thousand. The author reviews the reason for a lack of urban development in the state and examines the make-up of these towns from local politics to common social events.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Oct 1928,
p372-389, f
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19648
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An examination of recreational and cultural activities typical to an antebellum North Carolina town including sections addressing public social centers, private social activities, town clubs, sports, and summer resorts.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 6 Issue 1, Jan 1929,
p17-37, f
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19656
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This article examines the general social attitudes and habits of North Carolina during the antebellum period through the analysis of laws passed, Supreme Court decisions, local newspaper articles and perspectives on North Carolina from neighboring states. The author finds that the most common social characteristics for the period were individualism, conservatism, sectionalism, provincialism, and superstition, and each trait is addressed in its own section.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Apr 1929,
p140-157, f
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19741
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This article looks at various elements of the courtship and marriage customs typical to the antebellum period in North Carolina. The article is divided into sections dedicated to parental consent for courtship, courtship customs, the coquette, illegitimacy, the engagement, and the marriage ceremony, all of which include information ranging from social attitudes and accepted practices to state laws and legislation.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Oct 1931,
p384-402, f
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19776
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This article looks at the popularity of the religious revival movement in antebellum North Carolina also known as the Great Revival. The article is divided into sections looking at antecedents of the Great Revival, the coming of the Great Revival, the great Revival among the Methodists, the Baptists and the Great Revival, religious cycles, and the psychology of the revival.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933,
p21-43, f
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19781
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This article looks at religious camp meetings held in North Carolina as part of the Great Revival, the religious revival movement that was extremely popular from the beginning of the 19th century until the Civil War. The article is divided into sections that look at the history of camp meetings in general and within the state, camp meeting methods, the phenomenon known as \"the exercises, and camp meeting disorders.\"
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 2, April 1933,
p95-110, f
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