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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.
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9128
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On October 11, 1896, the E.S. NEWMAN, a three-mast schooner out of Stonington, Connecticut, was caught in heavy storms off the Virginia coast. Captain S.A. Gardiner ordered the ship be beached in the \"Graveyard of the Atlantic,\" and a warning rocket be fired. At the time, Captain Richard Etheridge and his crew, all of whom were black Americans, were at the Pea Island Lifesaving Station, two miles north of the wreck. Although Etheridge had no lifesaving equipment, he and his crew were able to rescue the ten aboard during the dangerous storm currents. Etheridge was born in Dare County in 1842 and was in charge of Pea Island until his death in 1900.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 6, Nov 1976, p19-20, il, por
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9390
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Aunt Betsy Brewington died at the age of 109 on May 6, 1974. Brewington was purportedly the last person living to have been born into slavery in North Carolina.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 9, Feb 1975, p16
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18566
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After years of trying and being told no, New Bern native Samuel J. Battle became New York City's first African American policeman in 1911. He was later promoted to sergeant and later detective. He has served 30 years on the force. Recently Mayor LaGuardia appointed him Municipal Parole Commissioner in New York. His term expires in January 1950.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 9 Issue 51, May 1942, p21
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19892
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The author explores changes in legislation which opened up new apprenticeship opportunities for free African American children. An apprenticeship system offered the primary route for skilled African American males, though little information regarding young women is available. Statistical information concerning wages and occupations of free African Americans is provided, especially from the 1850 and 1860 periods when Federal Census Records broadened to include this information.
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