Record #:

21448

Author(s):

Culclasure, Scott P.

Abstract:

A look at the character and psychology of antebellum white laborer Edward Isham and the circumstances that surrounded the brutal murder of yeoman farmer James Cornelius by Isham, as well as Isham's resulting trial. Interpretation of the events is used to extrapolate general ideas about poor and powerless white southerners in the antebellum period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 70 Issue 1, Jan 1993, p14-39, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Social conditions; Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Crime

Record #:

21467

Author(s):

Escott, Paul D.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 61 Issue 4, Oct 1984, p462-480 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Social conditions

Record #:

40707

Author(s):

Hoffert, Sylvia D.

Abstract:

The contributions of ministers’ wives have traditionally been downplayed by historians. Acknowledging Anna Burwell’s efforts as a minister’s wife include crediting her fulfillment of gender role duties while operating a girls’ academy to help her husband support their family.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p245-275 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burwell, Margaret Anna Robertson, 1810-1871; Burwell School--Hillsborough; Burwell School--Hillsborough--History; Gender roles--19th century--angel of the house ; Ministers' wives--roles--19th century ; Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Social conditions; Antebellum period, 1820-1861; Southern states--ministers' salaries--Presbyterian clergymen; Southern states--educational opportunities--women ; Salem Academy (Winston-Salem); Educational opportunities for women--North Carolina--19th century ; Warrenton Female Academy; Mangum, William Person, 1782-1861; Mangum, Sallie Alston--see also Sallie Alston Mangum Leach