Record #:

21559

Author(s):

Cantrell, Gregg

Abstract:

This article examines the life of North Carolinian Kenneth Rayner as one of the founders of the American Party, or Know-Nothings. Members of the American Party believed they needed to more than both major political parties at the time in order to save the United States from their corruption. Their main goals were opposition to immigration and Catholics, whom they regarded as anti-republican and easily swayed by demagogic politicians. Rayner recognized the threat posed by sectionalism and predicted that if the party failed, war would ravage the country. Rayner and the party's beliefs lack support, especially in the South and the party did not thrive.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 2, Apr 1992, p131-147 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics; Rayner, Kenneth, 1808-1884

Record #:

21560

Author(s):

Baker, Robin E.

Abstract:

This article quantitatively analyses voter turnout and voting patterns in North Carolina from the 1850s to 1864. There was increased tension between the slaveholding elite and the smaller farmer class which was exacerbated by the wartime burdens the average North Carolinian suffered. Increased political competition also deepened the divide between the classes. This resulted in a transformation of the political landscape of North Carolina and the formation of a frustrated class of voters who had no ties to antebellum political machines and were determined to be heard.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 2, Apr 1992, p148-178 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

21564

Author(s):

Salmond, John A.

Abstract:

The article examines the history of the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen (FSC), an interdenominational, reformist organization from its founded in 1934 to its transformation into the Committee of Southern Churchmen in 1963. During its short history, the FSC acted as an outlet for Christian people to work towards a better South where race was not an issue as it helped start an era of change in southern race relations.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 2, Apr 1992, p179-199 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Race relations