A History of North Carolina in the Proprietary Era, 1629-1729
A History of North Carolina in the Proprietary Era, 1629-1729

Author: Lindley S. Butler

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2022-03-10

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 1469667576

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In this book, Lindley S. Butler traverses oft-noted but little understood events in the political and social establishment of the Carolina colony. In the wake of the English Civil Wars in the mid-seventeenth century, King Charles II granted charters to eight Lords Proprietors to establish civil structures, levy duties and taxes, and develop a vast tract of land along the southeastern Atlantic coast. Butler argues that unlike the New England theocracies and Chesapeake plantocracy, the isolated colonial settlements of the Albemarle—the cradle of today's North Carolina—saw their power originate neither in the authority of the church nor in wealth extracted through slave labor, but rather in institutions that emphasized political, legal, and religious freedom for white male landholders. Despite this distinct pattern of economic, legal, and religious development, however, the colony could not avoid conflict among the diverse assemblage of Indigenous, European, and African people living there, all of whom contributed to the future of the state and nation that took shape in subsequent years. Butler provides the first comprehensive history of the proprietary era in North Carolina since the nineteenth century, offering a substantial and accessible reappraisal of this key historical period.

The Way We Lived in North Carolina
The Way We Lived in North Carolina

Author: Joe A. Mobley

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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Presents a comprehensive social history of North Carolina by focusing on dozens of historic sites and the lives of ordinary people who lived and worked nearby. First published in 1983 as a five-volume series, this illustrated state history is now revised and available in a single volume.

Law and Society in the South
Law and Society in the South

Author: John W. Wertheimer

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0813188954

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Law and Society in the South reconstructs eight pivotal legal disputes heard in North Carolina courts between the 1830s and the 1970s and examines some of the most controversial issues of southern history, including white supremacy and race relations, the teaching of evolution in public schools, and Prohibition. Finally, the book explores the various ways in which law and society interacted in the South during the civil rights era. The voices of racial minorities-some urging integration, others opposing it-grew more audible within the legal system during this time. Law and Society in the South divulges the true nature of the courts: as the unpredictable venues of intense battles between southerners as they endured dramatic changes in their governing values.

A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers
A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers

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Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2021-02-19

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1643361570

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The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.

Natives & Newcomers
Natives & Newcomers

Author: Elizabeth Anne Fenn

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780807841013

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Natives and Newcomers: The Way We Lived in North Carolina before 1770