Periodical Source Index, 1847-1985: Families
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 632
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
Author: North Carolina Genealogical Society
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 475
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Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Ancestry Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 812
ISBN-13: 9781593311667
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
North Carolina Slave Narratives
Author: William L. Andrews
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2006-05-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0807876755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national--even international--indignation against the evils of slavery. The four texts gathered here are all from North Carolina slaves and are among the most memorable and influential slave narratives published in the nineteenth century. The writings of Moses Roper (1838), Lunsford Lane (1842), Moses Grandy (1843), and the Reverend Thomas H. Jones (1854) provide a moving testament to the struggles of enslaved people to affirm their human dignity and ultimately seize their liberty. Introductions to each narrative provide biographical and historical information as well as explanatory notes. Andrews's general introduction to the collection reveals that these narratives not only helped energize the abolitionist movement but also laid the groundwork for an African American literary tradition that inspired such novelists as Toni Morrison and Charles Johnson.
John Chavis
Author: Helen Chavis Othow
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2001-01-31
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780786408184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Chavis had a profound impact upon the history of North Carolina, the life of African Americans, and the course of religion in America. Born in 1763, Chavis fought in the American Revolution and studied at Princeton, becoming the first black person ordained as a missionary minister in the Presbyterian church. Many of those who learned from his teachings were white, and many of the students in his Latin grammar school were the sons of prominent North Carolinians. His lifelong relationship with his students created connections with some of the most powerful individuals of the nineteenth century, and his religious writings can still stir the soul more than 150 years after his death. Chavis's story illustrates the power of faith, intelligence, and determination to overcome the precariousness of life for a free black man in this era. This account of Chavis's life, the result of research by one of his descendants, presents a thorough examination of his life, his work, and the world in which he lived. Also included is the full text of John Chavis's Letter Upon the Doctrine of the Extent of the Atonement of Christ (1837), long considered lost by many of his biographers.
The Waterman's Song
Author: David S. Cecelski
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0807869724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers. Demonstrating the vitality and significance of this local African American maritime culture, David Cecelski also reveals its connections to the Afro-Caribbean, the relatively egalitarian work culture of seafaring men who visited nearby ports, and the revolutionary political tides that coursed throughout the black Atlantic. Black maritime laborers played an essential role in local abolitionist activity, slave insurrections, and other antislavery activism. They also boatlifted thousands of slaves to freedom during the Civil War. But most important, Cecelski says, they carried an insurgent, democratic vision born in the maritime districts of the slave South into the political maelstrom of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Red Book, 3rd edition
Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 1753
ISBN-13: 1618589687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo scholarly reference library is complete without a copy of Ancestry's Red Book. In it, you will find both general and specific information essential to researchers of American records. This revised 3rd edition provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization. Whether you are looking for your ancestors in the northeastern states, the South, the West, or somewhere in the middle, ""Ancestry's Red Book has information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide. In short, the ""Red Book is simply the book that no genealogist can afford not to have. The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail. Unlike the federal census, state and territorial census were taken at different times and different questions were asked. Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how""
Ancestry's Red Book
Author: Alice Eichholz
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 874
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Whether you are looking for your ancestors in the northeastern states, the South, the West, or somewhere in the middle, Red Book has information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps. In short, the Red Book is simply the book that no genealogist can afford not to have."--Description from Amazon.com.
The Civil War and Yadkin County, North Carolina
Author: Frances H. Casstevens
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1476604037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLocated in the western piedmont of North Carolina, Yadkin County was hardly a hotbed of rebellion at the start of the Civil War. Many of the 1,200 men from Yadkin who served in the Confederate Army did so with distinction, but a number deserted. Some of these holed up in the Bond School House, and when the militia attempted to arrest them, four were killed and several others were wounded. This is a comprehensive accounting of how the county responded to the Civil War and the effect it had on Yadkin's citizens, civilian and military alike.
Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918
Author: William N. Still Jr.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2021-05-15
Total Pages: 790
ISBN-13: 0865264953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn their comprehensive and authoritative history of boat and shipbuilding in North Carolina through the early twentieth century, William Still and Richard Stephenson document for the first time a bygone era when maritime industries dotted the Tar Heel coast. The work of shipbuilding craftsmen and entrepreneurs contributed to the colony's and the state's economy from the era of exploration through the age of naval stores to World War I. The study includes an inventory of 3,300 ships and 270 shipwrights.
