Record #:

2278

Author(s):

Lathan, Randall

Abstract:

Across northeastern N.C. in the spring of 1802 rumors of a slave uprising abounded. The plot, however, was uncovered, and the arrest and execution of twenty-three slaves quelled the fears of area plantation owners and residents.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 12, May 1995, p40-42, il

Subject(s):

Slavery--Insurrections, etc.