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These tax records show the amount of land Thomas Day had, the number of slaves he owned, and the amount of taxes owed to the government. Within these tax records, Thomas Day owned slaves, which is different that the 1846 tax records. This shows that…

This picture depicts a table of slave ownership in the slave owning states in the United States. The reason I used this source was to provide first hand information on how many slaves were in North Carolina and Virginia to show how similar the ration…

A Declaration of Independence written by the North Carolina Senate.

This map depicts the extensive system of locks, dams, and canals built on the Deep River and Cape Fear River. This existing infrastructure was one of the things which attracted the Confederate government to the Deep River Valley who were trying to…

APPEAL, &c.

PREAMBLE.

My dearly beloved Brethren and Fellow Citizens.


HAVING travelled over a considerable portion of these United States, and having, in the course of my travels, taken the most accurate observations of things as…

In North Carolina, the constitution of 1776 had institutionalized the supremacy of the legislature, which exerted uncontested power over state courts and the executive by annually electing governors and appointing superior court judges.
By…

"Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina: constructed from actual surveys, private contributions & authentic public documents procured for the purpose under a special resolution of the General Assembly of the state. William D. Cooke, A.M.,…

Gentlemen of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies:

When I look around on this extraordinary concourse of visitors, I cannot but feel that expectation has been too highly excited, and cannot but anticipate and regret the disappointment…