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New Civil War Trails Marker in Goldsboro, N.C. on 135th USCT
The City of Goldsboro, North Carolina celebrated the 158th Anniversary of its men taking up arms to free North Carolina from the Confederacy during the…
New North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction Museum Moving Forward
As many of you know, state and local governments in North Carolina are working together on creating a new museum in Fayetteville focused on the…
NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction
Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…
Community Meets to Discuss New Civil War & Reconstruction Museum in North Carolina
The Fayetteville Observer reports on a community meeting Tuesday on the new North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. The museum…
North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction Center Directors Discuss Plans for Opening
The directors of the North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction Center met with the media last month to explain the plan for the center to…
New Historic Marker Commemorates Wild’s Raid by USCT that Freed Thousands of Slaves
A new historical marker in Elizabeth City, North Carolina commemorates the December 1863 raid by United States Colored Troops led by General Edward Wild. According…
The Journal of Freedom: A Newspaper for the Black Community of Raleigh, N.C.
At the end of the Civil War there were a number of attempts to establish newspapers for Black communities in the South. Most of the…
Podcast on the 1898 White Supremacist Coup that Took Control of Wilmington, N.C.
In 1898 the Redshirts, a White Supremacist paramilitary organization operating in the Carolinas, staged a coup in which they took over North Carolina’s second largest…
The Suffering of Immigrants in North Carolina December 1868
Many Southern states made attempts to encourage immigration to replace Black labor lost through the end of slavery. While some European and Chinese immigrants did…
“…our friend is dead. He was foully murdered by the Ku-Klux ” A Klan Killing of a Carolina State Senator
This letter was sent from Albion Tourgee to Gen. Joseph Abott reporting a killing of a Republican legislator in North Carolina in the Spring of…
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