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19523
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Although under-realized from a historic standpoint, Smith calls attention to slavery in North Carolina's Piedmont, and suggests new areas of research and analysis.
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North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 1, Jan 2013, p1-25, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website
Record #:
19936
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This article looks at slavery in German settlements of the North Carolina Piedmont dating from 1747 and lasting until abolitionist sentiments became popular in the early 1800's.
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22718
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Fountain evaluates the footprint and impact of slavery within communities by focusing on slaveholding families. The author analyses demographic and economic components of slave-owning households, rather than individual slaveholders, in Alamance, Orange, and Wake.
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27810
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The families who owned the most slaves in the Triangle area are listed. The Camerons were the most prominent slave owners, owning over 900 slaves. The Watsons, Dunns, Alstons, Harrises, Headens, Haywoods, Joneses, Perrys, Mordecais, Rogerses, Smiths, Manlys, and Hintons were all major slave owners in the Triangle area. Cenus data from the 1860s is also included along with a discussion of population in North Carolina in the 1860s. Total slaves owned for each family is listed.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 21, May 2011, p24 Periodical Website