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This article details the industrial and agricultural changes happening in Caswell County, a county that was particularly devastated by the catastrophic calamities of the Civil War.
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15259
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Wilkes Cary was a Caswell County legislator and remarkable for being an ex-slave. His career began as a blacksmith before becoming a schoolteacher. He held the titles of \"County Examiner\" and \"Superintendent of Public Instruction.\"
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15268
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Republican politician and lawyer John W. Stephens was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Stephens served as a Confederate soldier but after the war became an advocate for the newly freed slaves. His allegiance caused the KKK to murder him in the Caswell County courthouse. This incident foreshadowed the Kirk-Holden war, a struggle between KKK and Governor William Holden in 1870 over the KKK's suppression of freed slave voting.
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15430
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Jesse James, the 19th-century's most noted bandit and outlaw, once passed through the village of Yanceyville, or rather, there are almost irrefutable facts of evidence leading to the substantiation of the claim that that he did. Whilst engaged in his acts of outlawry, James lodged in Yanceyville, posing as an officer of the federal government.
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18963
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The Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church in Caswell County was established in 1808. Henderson highlights events during the church's 136 years of service and includes some information about how the Primitive Baptists came to the state.
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