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Flora MacDonald was regarded as fierce heroine in her native Scotland before arriving on the Killiegray plantation near Fayetteville in 1774. She encouraged fellow Scotsmen to take up arms against rebellious colonists that met with disaster at the Battle of Moores Creek on February 27, 1776. Three years later this tenacious woman lost her plantation as was forced to return to Scotland.
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Archaeological excavations revealed the foundation of Dudley's tavern and artifacts from the era just prior to and during the American Revolution. Taverns served as an important meeting place for revolutionary colonists. Archaeologists from the Division of Historic Sites and Museums excavated tableware, architectural elements, and, of course, material culture related to alcohol.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Sept 1971, p10-11, il
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An early example of Colonial women's involvement in the fight for independence from Great Britain happened a year after an event renowned in American history textbooks. Just as remembrance-worthy as the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor is a pledge signed by fifty one women from Edenton. Spearheaded by Penelope Barker, the Edenton Tea Party had put into writing their resolve to drink no more of the product they also saw as justification for rebellion.
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