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In 1978, the Historic Jamestown Society was given the Mendenhall Plantation in Jamestown, North Carolina, as a donation from the owner, Mrs. W.G. Ragsdale. The plantation represented a part of the south that many people were not familiar with: the small farmer who did not depend on slave labor. James Mendenhall and his family were Pennsylvania Quakers who settled the area around 1762. They named the settlement between Salisbury and Virginia Jamestown after James. The plantation was built around 1811 by Richard Mendenhall, the son of the town's founder. The two-story, “hall and parlor†style structure had Flemish bond brick walls and arched openings. There is also a Pennsylvania-style barn on the grounds, which was once used to teach runaway slaves a trade. The Jamestown Society plans to open the site to visitors and furnish it with antiques from the period.
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31232
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Cane Creek Friends Meeting is a Quaker community in Snow Camp, Alamance County, which formed in 1751. As the Piedmont’s oldest active Quaker Meeting community, Cane Creek celebrates its 250th year during the first week of October 2001. This article describes the Quaker community’s history and heritage, and provides information about upcoming events.
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32876
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A local newspaper stated that upwards of seventy Quaker families have moved from Wayne and Carteret Counties to Indiana, since the passage of the NC law that stated Quakers had to do military duty.
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33669
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They were originally known as “Hubers” and were among the early Quaker settlers in this state. One of their descendants, Herbert Hoover, became President of the United States.
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40804
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43214
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Founded by George Fox in England in 1652, this religious sect first made its appearance in North Carolina in Perquimans County.As pacifists, Quakers refused to serve in the militia during the Revolutionary War. They also did not believe in the use of enslaved labor. Their beliefs presented challenges in dealing with their neighbors.
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