Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
The Wilmington Committee of Public Safety and the Loyalist Rising of February, 1776
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20613
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The article reviews the role of Committee of Public Safety in the Wilmington-New Hanover area during the Revolutionary War. Committee members were entrusted to contain British Governor Martin and squelch Highlander loyalties to the British Crown. The author documents the connection between the Committee's decisions and outcomes of two important events: The Battle of Moore's Creek (1776) and the Highland rising at Cross Creek (1776).
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