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22066
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This article details General Rutherford's 1776 expedition into western North Carolina to combat hostile Indian forces, led by the Cherokee Indian tribe.
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22330
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Colonial North Carolina politician Joseph Hewes enjoyed an undeserved reputation for being slow to embrace the cause independence.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 10 Issue 3, January 1911,
p155-166
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22409
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In 1784 after the end of the Revolutionary War, attempts to establish normalcy were plagued by civil unrest and violence. Western settlers attempted to secede from North Carolina and form the state of Franklin. This movement was marked by violence from both sides before being resolved in 1787.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 4, April 1913,
p216-223
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22428
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The state of Franklin flourished from 1784 to 1787. Promoted by many inhabitants from the western most settlements of North Carolina, it led the creation of modern day Tennessee.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 1, July 1914,
p28-49
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22440
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Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut, presented the commencement address at Wake Forest College on May 21, 1914. His speech surveyed the influence of North Carolina on the development of the Declaration of Independence, the the United States Constitution, and the election process.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915,
p141-154
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22474
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William Alexander Graham was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1804. Graham achieve much in the way of public service during his lifetime becoming Speaker of the House of Commons, Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of the United States Navy, Senator of the United States, Senator of the Confederate States, and nominee of the Whig Party for the Vice Presidency.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916,
p2-16, por
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22527
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The State Navy of North Carolina and her privateers during the American Revolution contributed significant resources to the cause, but records of their activities are scarce.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 1, July 1917,
p48-56
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22529
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This short collection publishes, possibly for the first time, several letters and documents pursuant to a gathering in Palmyra, Halifax County, North Carolina which planned to declare for secession prior to South Carolina's declaration in 1860.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917,
p90-95
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24641
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The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry was organized in 1793 and has been celebrated every year since. It is the oldest military infantry in the South and the second oldest to be organized in the country.
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24952
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Part four of a twelve part series describes the growth of Charlotte in the twenty years leading up to the Civil War. The building of a railroad connection to Charleston, South Carolina helped to stabilize the local economy after the gold rush ended in 1840. Fear of abolitionists and slaves escaping encouraged tensions before the war.
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34453
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Slaves and maroon communities were perceived as a threat to white property in Eastern North Carolina during the antebellum era. While slaves did have legal access to firearms during the colonial period, this access was revoked following the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia. This article discusses the use of black firearm laws as a means of protecting white property and mitigating the perceived black threat.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 93 Issue 4, October 2016,
p386-404, il, por, f
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