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North Carolina Through Four Centuries, 1989
The trial got under way on 2 February 1871 and lasted until 22 March, a period of seven weeks. A separate vote was taken on each of the eight charges, and Holden was found guilty on six. Although Holden was the second American governor to be…
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"Under Which Flag?," News and Observer, November 1, 1889
Tags: cartoons, postwar, Race relations
Ku Klux Klan Mask, c. 1870
Tags: postwar, Race relations, Racial Violence, Racism
"The Legislature, April 7, 1871"
The General Assembly of the State adjourned on yesterday until the first Monday in November next. The merits of Legislative bodies are to be measured, as much by what they may have undone and omitted to do, as by what they many have done. Gauged by…
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Ely Williamson claim remarks
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Robert G. Mitchell's claim Witness Form
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Southern Claims Commission remarks on the claim of Ellerton Newberne.
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Petition of Joseph Etheridge
Southern Claims Commission Testimony for George Bond, Deposition of Joshua T. Stacy
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Richard L. Zuber, North Carolina During Reconstruction (1969)
Just before Christmas, 1870, the House of Representatives drew up eight charges against the governor. The first two charges were that he had acted unlawfully by raising troops and sending them into Caswell and Alamance counties when there was no…
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Hinton Rowan Helper, 1829-1909
Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909), a bitter and staunch racist, was the author of one of the greatest and most influential books on antislavery of his…