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35380
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When the weather turned cold enough, the annual hog killing would start, which was a full day’s work for the slaves.
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37900
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His narrative is the only known account of maritime life in North Carolina written by a former slave. Moses Grandy, born abt. 1786 in Camden Co., NC, was a ferryman and canal boat operator, trying to buy his freedom.
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38337
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In this part of the narrative of the life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, he talks about being in politics as a Republican; the conspiracy against him; the trouble with a school voucher.
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38343
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In this part of the narrative of the life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, he talks about differences with his brother in politics; went to trial on face charges and jailed out of political spite; description of life in prison and as a prisoner working for the railroad in the NC mountains; being licensed to preach in 1877 and made an application to join the annual Conference of the A.M.E.Z. Zion Church at Goldsboro, NC; the ordeal of going through examination by the Church and being finally received into Conference.
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38362
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In this part of the narrative of the life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, he talks about being ordained in 1880; going through an ordeal with money promised him by the Church; the loss of a new church by an incendiary; and the bad political situation he faced in North Carolina at the time.
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43419
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Thomas Barco was born a slave in the Shiloh community of Camden County North Carolina, later to be sold and carried to Georgia. Like many other freed people after the Civil War, he would go to much effort to reunite with family in his place of birth. The author of this sketch presents research uncovering Barco's journey back,