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St. Clair, Kenneth Edson

This article looks at issues surrounding the matter of debtor relief in Reconstruction North Carolina with a focus on the legal management of Reconstruction economic conditions and the generation of economic opportunity for the debt-riddled and insolvent population.

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 18 Issue 3, July 1941, p215-235, f Periodical Website

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina--Economic conditions; Reconstruction (1865-1877)--Debtor relief

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Whitford, Larry

His memories lasted for the war’s duration, from his enlistment at 17 to release from service in July 1865. His military service included the Battle of New Bern (1862); encampment at Goldsboro; imprisonments at Fort Delaware and Point Lookout. Alluded was how religion and humor helped to soften the otherwise hard experience of combat. Harshness not hinted were the economic fallout of Reconstruction for the South and life on his family’s plantation.

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Nov 1991, p28-36

Civil War; New Bern, Battle of, N.C., 1862; Orton Plantation (Brunswick County); Orton Plantation (Brunswick County)--Description and travel; Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan, 1820-1862; Gunboats; Appomattox Campaign, 1865; Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina--Economic conditions; Slave trade--America