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21878
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This article examines the 1934 United Textiles Workers (UTW) strike in Burlington, North Carolina. When the UTW called for a national strike in 1934, the Burlington workers joined. Two bombs were found during the strike at mills in Burlington. Six men were charged with planting the bombs and were assisted legally by International Labor Defense and liberals from the University of North Carolina.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Oct 1998,
p398-434 , il, por, f
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21879
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This article examines the 1931 fire at the Samarcand Manor Industrial Training School for girls in Moore County, North Carolina. Sixteen girls were indicted for starting the fire, which destroyed two residence halls. Based partially on the school's harsh treatment of the girls, the judge imposed lesser sentences than was normally required by law.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 4, Oct 1998,
p435-460 , il, por, f
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22578
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In February 1971, Wilmington, North Carolina endured racially-charged violence that led to the trial of nine black males and one white female for crimes of arson and shooting. The 'Wilmington Ten' were sentenced to a combined 282 years in prison. Forty years later, North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue pardoned the group due to outrageous conduct and misappropriation of justice from the state in the 1970s.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 92 Issue 1, January 2015,
p1-48, por
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22579
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In the early twentieth century, William F. Nye Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts operated a bottlenose dolphin fishery on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. Nye specialized in the procurement and refinement of oils from dolphins and small whales as the main source for watch and clock oils. The fishery on Hatteras Island figured integrally into the maritime whaling industry, the ascendancy of clockmaking the United States, and the exploitation of southern fishing grounds by northern companies.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 92 Issue 1, January 2015,
p49-79, por
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22698
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Rohrs provides an examination of free black apprentices in the antebellum south, using New Hanover County, North Carolina as a case study. He details the history and nature of free black apprenticeships before the Civil War, arguing that free black apprenticeships were not always exploitative.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 2, April 2013,
p127-148, il, f
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22699
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The brief Chowan River War which raged on the Virginia-North Carolina border from 1676-1677 had direct connections to both Bacon's Rebellion and Culpepper's rebellion. Despite the factionalism rampant among the English settlers, the power of the Chowanoke Indians in the area was broken.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 2, April 2013,
p149-172, il, por, map, f
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22700
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In the context of the Regulator Uprising, no other person is more lionized that James Pugh. Pugh gained legendary status for his role as sharpshooter during the 1771 skirmish with Gov. William Tryon's militia forces at the Battle of Alamance. The rest of the Pugh family is also known to have been part of the legendary Regulators.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 2, April 2013,
p173-196, il, map, f
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22701
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Greensboro, North Carolina became a central location for the civil rights movement in the 1960s starting with the North Carolina A&T sit-in. Within the Greensboro location, Elreta Alexander was a prominent African American attorney who advocated for civil rights through the judicial system.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 3, July 2013,
p237-258, il, por, f
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22702
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Although typically described as remote and isolated from national trends in developments in politics, economics, and social trends, there were places within the post-bellum South that were connected and influenced by larger centers of news and power. For example, Weldon, North Carolina became not only an important regional center for industry and commerce, but also a place to taken in broader cultural and economic trends of the late-nineteenth century, often spurred by the success of railroads.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 3, July 2013,
p259-287, il, map, f
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22703
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Although largely forgotten in North Carolina history apart from a public park in his honor, Hugh MacRae (1865-1951) was an urban businessman who fostered economic opportunity and development, especially as related to southern farmers. After graduating from MIT, McRae returned to Wilmington in 1892 where he later consolidated gas, railway, light and power interests and promoted the development of several suburban communities. He later shifted his attention to the development of truck farms and model communities in southeastern North Carolina and the transformation of rural life through small-scale, intensive farming practices.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 3, July 2013,
p287-324, il, map, f
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22705
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In the 1920s, North Carolina became known as the Good Roads State, with concrete highways connecting large cities, county seats, and major institutions via a peak in bus companies. By the 1930s, three large bus companies emerged: Queen City Coach Company (Charlotte), Carolina Coach Company (Raleigh), and Camel City Coach Company (Winston-Salem). With steady growth and finance, these companies became part of then national networks for Trailways and Greyhound.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 4, October 2013,
p355-384, il, map, f
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22706
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In the Appalachia Region of North Carolina, views on the secession from the United States at the start of the American Civil War were varied. For Watauga and Buncombe counties, culture and geography played a role in which side a community supported. Patterns in enlistment show that the higher elevations were more likely to be Unionists because of their disconnect with the slave economy.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 90 Issue 4, October 2013,
p385-413, il, por, map, f
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22707
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On a journey from Mobile, Alabama to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the schooner HARRY A. BERWIND experienced gunfire on the morning of October 10, 1905. A black sailor was said to have murdered all the white crew and ordered surviving crew to sail to Cape Fear. Although the story is mentioned infrequently it provides important information on life at sea and relationships between races, particularly with federal court handling of cases involving black and foreign nationals, at the dawn of the twentieth century.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 1, January 2014,
p1-29, il, por, map, f
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22708
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David Clark (1877-1955), an ultra-conservative spokesman for southern textile industrialists, worked to halt child labor legislation in interest of textile mills and the Farmers' States Rights League, which relied heavily on child labor in the early 1900s.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 1, January 2014,
p30-62, il, por, f
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22709
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Andrew Jackson's rise in politics in North Carolina was attributed to several factors: his legendary status as general, the desire of North Carolinians to come out of the shadow of Virginia's presidents, his vague stance on tariffs, and most particularly, his stance on internal improvements, where eastern and western portions of the state both supported internal improvement projects, an important factor in the formation of the People's Ticket.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 1, January 2014,
p63-92, il, por, map, f
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