The North Carolina Experience: An Interpretive and Documentary HistoryLindley S. Butler, Alan D. Watson University of North Carolina Press, 1984 - 467 pages This collection of nineteen original essays on selected topics and epochs in North Carolina history offers a broad survey of the state from its discovery and colonization to the present. Each chapter consists of an interpretive essay on a specific aspect of North Carolina's history, a collection of supporting documents, and a brief bibliography. Selections cover historical periods ranging from Elizabethan to contemporary times and examine such issues as slavery, populism, civil rights, and the status of women. Essays address the tragedy of North Carolina's Indians, the state's role in the Revolutionary War and the Confederacy, and the impact of the Great Depression. North Carolina's place in the New South and evangelical culture in the state are also discussed. Designed as a supplementary reader for the study and teaching of North Carolina history, The North Carolina Experience will introduce college students to the process of historical research and writing. It will also be a valuable resource in secondary schools, public libraries, and the homes of those interested in North Carolina history. |
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Page 25
... never shall do what you want us to do . I don't like you for your pretended kindness . I always advise my people to keep their backs for ever turned towards the setting sun , and never to leave the land of their fathers . I tell them ...
... never shall do what you want us to do . I don't like you for your pretended kindness . I always advise my people to keep their backs for ever turned towards the setting sun , and never to leave the land of their fathers . I tell them ...
Page 194
... never owned slaves or lived in slaveholding regions of the state . Nevertheless , the North Caro- lina experience with slavery was fundamentally different from that of other southern colonies and states , not in the ways it affected the ...
... never owned slaves or lived in slaveholding regions of the state . Nevertheless , the North Caro- lina experience with slavery was fundamentally different from that of other southern colonies and states , not in the ways it affected the ...
Page 324
... never done a better or a more profitable business , and yet agriculture languishes . Manufacturing enterprises never made more money or were in a more flourishing condition , and yet agriculture languishes . Speculators and incorporations ...
... never done a better or a more profitable business , and yet agriculture languishes . Manufacturing enterprises never made more money or were in a more flourishing condition , and yet agriculture languishes . Speculators and incorporations ...
Contents
An Elizabethan Experiment | 29 |
Testing the Proprietors | 53 |
Economy | 79 |
Copyright | |
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