Record #:

41396

Author(s):

Moose, Debbie

Abstract:

A commodity created when North Carolina was a salt-strapped British colony, the profiled sea salt companies demonstrate its enduring value. Also illustrating its considerable usefulness is the author’s description of the refinement process that turns a seaborne mineral to a key ingredient in many home and restaurant cooked recipes.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 52 Issue 2, February 2020, p10-11

Subject(s):

Salt industry and trade; Salt--North Carolina--History; North Carolina--Colonial period--approx. 1600-1783; Saltworks--Colonial North Carolina--Beaufort; Sea salt production--salt houses--farmers markets

Record #:

44041

Author(s):

Bloom, Sally Causey

Abstract:

It is approximated that nearly 200,000 people lived in North Carolina in 1765. Subsistence living with some necessities dependent on mercantile trade generally shaped the life of most of the region's inhabitants.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 63 Issue 1, Fall 2023, p5

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Colonial period--approx. 1600-1783