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41170
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An account of the seven steps involved in the conservation of items from Blackbeard’s flagship includes information for people interested in becoming conservators.
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QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Shipwrecks; Shipwrecks--Conservation; Archaeology; Archaeology---Techniques; Archaeological conservation--shipwrecks; QAR Conservation Lab; East Carolina University--Queen Anne's Revenge Lab; Conservation--artifacts
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41171
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The detail of cannons focused on in this article was markings, which revealed information such as their size, weight, ownership, and origin. The importance of cannons can also be inferred by the estimated number of this weapon on board the Queen Anne’s Revenge, between 3-40.
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41172
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The circumstance of Queen Anne Revenge’s sinking led to a successful preservation of many of its on board items. Among those brought to the surface were dishware, which are helping answer questions about the cooking, storage, and procuring methods for pirates’ food and drink.
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QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Blackbeard--see also Edward Teach; Blackbeard, circa 1680-1718; Shipwrecks--Conservation; Archaeological conservation--shipwrecks; Archaeology---Techniques; QAR Conservation Lab; East Carolina University--Queen Anne's Revenge Lab; Cookware; NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ; NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources--Queen Anne's Revenge; Cookbooks--18th century--cooking methods
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41173
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Among the Queen Anne’s Revenge retrievable items was a page’s fragments. Examination concluded the page fragments came from Edward Cooke’s A Voyage to the South Sea. As for why it was in a cannon on Blackbeard’s flagship, the author speculates the crew was making cannon wadding or a statement about Captain Woodes Rogers, a well-known pirate hunter.
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East Carolina University--Queen Anne's Revenge Lab; Pirates--18th century; NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources--Queen Anne's Revenge; Cannon--pirate ships; Pirate hunters--18th century--Captain Woodes Rogers; Pirate hunters--18th century; QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (Ship); Underwater archaeology--North Carolina--QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGE (ship)
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42907
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Bright leaf tobacco has been a part of North Carolina culture since 1839, when an enslaved Caswell County man, Stephen Slade discovered a curing method for producing bright yellow leaves. the Duke family of Durham lead in mechanizing the process for cigarettes. By the mid-20th century, health related concerns on the use of tobacco began to mount.
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42908
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"The North Carolina Defense Industry has one of the largest military footprints of any state in the country." By the year 2000, Fayetteville's Fort Bragg was considered one of the largest military installations in the world.
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42909
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In the 1700s there were around 10 working paper mills in North Carolina.. The industry had mostly declined after the Civil War. But new processes, that developed in Europe and incorporated the use of the state's abundant pine forests, revitalized the industry in the 20th century.
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42910
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Vast forests in North Carolina's Piedmont region and cheap labor helped to bring America's furniture industry to North Carolina from the Northwest. the state's furniture industry developed within a 150 mile radius of High Point. This distinction earned High Point its nickname as "Furniture Capitol of the World".
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42911
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North Carolina's first textile mills opened in the early 1800s. By the Civil War, 45 cotton and woolen mills were operating in the state. By 1960, North Carolina's 1,110 textile mills employed 55 percent of the state's manufacturing workforce. From the 1980s through the early 2000s there was a period of marked decline in the industry, Despite such, textiles continue as a recognizable force in the state, adapting to changing technologies.
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42912
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For most of the 20th Century, textiles, tobacco and furniture were the "Big Three" industries in North Carolina. All three were in decline by the year 2000. The development of Research Triangle Park, in conjunction with top-flight universities nearby, has greatly augmented the transition from labor dependent to technology oriented industries now driving the state's economy.
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42913
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"Many of the men and women who serve in the military are a big part of our Tar Heel 'family.' But in North Carolina, the military is also big business."
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42914
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Promoted from the 1930s to the 1970s, the Variety Vacationland campaign marketed North Carolina as modern but with strong ties to the past and endowed with a full range of natural and recreational opportunities for every visitor.
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42915
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North Carolina is currently the top producer of sweet potatoes in the United States. It is also the third largest producer of pork.
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43214
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Founded by George Fox in England in 1652, this religious sect first made its appearance in North Carolina in Perquimans County.As pacifists, Quakers refused to serve in the militia during the Revolutionary War. They also did not believe in the use of enslaved labor. Their beliefs presented challenges in dealing with their neighbors.
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43219
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In the summer of 1944, the Emergency Infantile Paralysis Hospital or what was better known as the Hickory Emergency Infantile Polio Hospital was established in Hickory to treat an outbreak of infantile paralysis (polio).
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