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Author : Alan D. Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A History of New Bern and Craven County written by Alan D. Watson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807173789
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715–1885 written by Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715–1885, Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. examines the lives of free persons categorized by their communities as “negroes,” “mulattoes,” “mustees,” “Indians,” “mixed-bloods,” or simply “free people of color.” From the colonial period through Reconstruction, lawmakers passed legislation that curbed the rights and privileges of these non-enslaved residents, from prohibiting their testimony against whites to barring them from the ballot box. While such laws suggest that most white North Carolinians desired to limit the freedoms and civil liberties enjoyed by free people of color, Milteer reveals that the two groups often interacted—praying together, working the same land, and occasionally sharing households and starting families. Some free people of color also rose to prominence in their communities, becoming successful businesspeople and winning the respect of their white neighbors. Milteer’s innovative study moves beyond depictions of the American South as a region controlled by a strict racial hierarchy. He contends that although North Carolinians frequently sorted themselves into races imbued with legal and social entitlements—with whites placing themselves above persons of color—those efforts regularly clashed with their concurrent recognition of class, gender, kinship, and occupational distinctions. Whites often determined the position of free nonwhites by designating them as either valuable or expendable members of society. In early North Carolina, free people of color of certain statuses enjoyed access to institutions unavailable even to some whites. Prior to 1835, for instance, some free men of color possessed the right to vote while the law disenfranchised all women, white and nonwhite included. North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715–1885 demonstrates that conceptions of race were complex and fluid, defying easy characterization. Despite the reductive labels often assigned to them by whites, free people of color in the state emerged from an array of backgrounds, lived widely varied lives, and created distinct cultures—all of which, Milteer suggests, allowed them to adjust to and counter ever-evolving forms of racial discrimination.
Author : Alonzo Thomas Dill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Eighteenth Century New Bern written by Alonzo Thomas Dill and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Barnes Ellis
Publisher : McBryde Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0975870092
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (758 download)
Download or read book New Bern History 101 written by Edward Barnes Ellis and published by McBryde Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Entertaining, funny, highly readable..." Here's what you'll discover in New Bern History 101: -Why New Bern bears stick out their tongues.-Once and for all, what a Palatine is.-Where all the local Indians went.-The Richard Dobbs Spaight “autopsy.” -How New Bern and sideburns are connected.-The ghost Baron DeGraffenried saw.-The “explosive” cabbage of Tryon Palace.-How Pepsi's inventor lost his company.-Why and how the Yankees took New Bern.-The local treasures unearthed in Venezuela.
Author : Alonzo Thomas Dill (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (498 download)
Download or read book Eighteenth Century New Bern written by Alonzo Thomas Dill (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heidi M. Crabtree
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781518897085
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Not a Soldier, But a Scoundrel written by Heidi M. Crabtree and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of a New Yorker who fought in the U.S. Civil War who made a hero of himself by leading a troop of North Carolina Unionists. He was infamous in eastern North Carolina for looting and burning cities and homes. Later he was an officer in the Tenth Cavalry, was court-martialed, and became an outlaw, dying in Colorado from a town fed up with his type.
Author : Lynn Salsi
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738506746
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Craven County written by Lynn Salsi and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterways, including the Neuse and Trent Rivers, have shaped the history, industry, and culture of Eastern North Carolina's Craven County. With pre-colonial beginnings as home to Native Americans of different nations, this county became a center for royal government and a genteel destination after Baron Christof de Graffenreid risked his fortune to create the permanent settlement of New Bern. After redefining itself time and time again, Craven County has now emerged as a modern community without losing a drop of its original ambience. The charm of Craven County has been enjoyed not only by North Carolinians, but also by the English during the Revolutionary War, the Union during the Civil War, merchants visiting for trade, and well-to-do hunters who came for the wildlife. Within these pages, readers will discover the landscape that has for centuries surrounded locals and visitors alike with unequaled beauty. This volume uncovers the county as it once was, a contrast between the sophistication of the city once dubbed the "Athens of North Carolina" and the pastoral quality of life in the rural farmlands and hunting clubs. Longtime residents will no doubt recognize scenes in these vintage photographs that show landmarks and views of the waterfront from times past, while those new to the area will delight in seeing their home as it once was.
Author : Edward Ellis, Jr.
Publisher : McBryde Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781733982436
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Whispers of the Long Departed written by Edward Ellis, Jr. and published by McBryde Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets of our past ... declassified. Herein the reader will find the carefully documented and previously undisclosed story of southern Craven County, dating from before the founding of New Bern through the 1940s. And, told for the first time, how the thriving biracial society on the Neuse River's south shore was radically transformed by both the Civil War and the arrival of Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. The author carefully documents that the Civil War Battle of New Bern began on March 13, 1862, the day before the fall of the city to Union troops under General Ambrose Burnside. An entire chapter is dedicated to the story of the clandestine operations of Rebel spies within occupied New Bern and throughout the counties of Craven, Carteret, Pamlico, and Lenoir. More than half of Craven County's population has been African American throughout its long history. "Whispers of the Long Departed" chronicles the Black History of the area covering the lives of the people in and out of slavery. It's replete with rare cemetery, obituary, property, and census records, lists of geographical names and location, and rich genealogical material spanning 300 years, all beneficial for researchers. Areas covered from the early 1700s to the 1940s include the Neuse River, Slocum Creek, Hancock Creek, Clubfoot Creek, Adam's Creek, Havelock, Cherry Point, James City, Thurman, Riverdale, Croatan, Pine Grove, Harlowe, Bachelor, Blades, Camp Bryan, and more. With additional historical information on New Bern, Newport, Morehead City, and Beaufort. New Bern is such a bright historical sun that it dims all the other stars in the firmament around it. It's only natural that the colonial capital, "The Athens of North Carolina," has garnered the bulk of the scholarship and study since the 1700s. Now, Edward Ellis, the gifted storyteller of New Bern History 101, floods new light upon the Neuse River's south shore through the revelation of amazing stories previously unknown and untold. Written by an award-winning journalist, author, and historical sleuth, Whispers of the Long Departed is the culmination of a lifetime dedicated to the research of southern Craven County and its people, both black and white, who have lived, loved, struggled, and triumphed there from the earliest days of America. Ellis succeeds again for his readers who say his conversational style makes history both highly readable and enlightening. The book offers more than 200 illustrations including 22 original and antique maps plus rare historical photographs and artwork.
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738514673
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (146 download)
Download or read book New Bern written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Settled in 1710 at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, New Bern, North Carolina served as the capital of the British Colony. It exists today as the second oldest town in the Tarheel State and is a varied palette of cultural influences with both antiquated and newer buildings lining picturesque downtown streets. Although much of New Bern's architecture has existed for decades, paved streets, cars, and power lines offer a much different feel than did the dusty roads traveled by horses in days gone by. Then and Now: New Bern revisits historic locations in the city and offers comparative photographs of the location in both past and present times. Caleb Bradham's original pharmacy, where Pepsi-Cola originated, is depicted along with the location today, where a store exists that is dedicated to the drink's origin. Also illustrated are many of the town's most beloved landmarks and historic homes, all of which retain an old-fashioned flair that characterizes New Bern. In addition, the book offers the beautiful Tryon Palace during its restoration as well as today.
Author : Mary Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (426 download)
Download or read book The History of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library written by Mary Louis Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wr Chagnon
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781457534492
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book A Templar's Journey written by Wr Chagnon and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WR Chagnon and contributing editor Judith Anne Chagnon, a brother-and-sister team, have a family history that stretches back to Clovis' court. Chip, a US Army veteran with 35 years of service, channeled his love of all things medieval to create the trilogy. Judith, a journalism graduate of Suffolk University, began her writing career with the Eagle-Tribune newspaper in Massachusetts. Together these Francophiles have created a novel that explores daily Templar life from the inside out. They are already working on the final book in the series, A Templar's Journey: The Final Glory. A handsome young squire of the Knights of the Templar continues to seek redemption from eternal damnation by continuing his quest in the Holy Land. Set against the backdrop of the Crusades in the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1186-87, this sequel to A Templar's Journey: The Squire from Champagne, finds Squire Roland once again risking his life to fight for Christianity and its followers in the lands of the infidels. Now serving as councilor to the grand master of the Temple, the danger has only escalated for Roland, who developed new skills of warfare and intrigue during the first leg of his quest. He is again accompanied by staunch allies: a man known as the best knight to have entered the Templar Order, a Celtic soldier known for his combat ability and his unholy ways within the order, a brutal, street-smart warrior, and a Jewish physician who also serves as a master spy and counter spy. Although he prepares to battle in the name of the Lord, Roland cannot help but fall in love with the beautiful Lady Marie of Baux, who loves him in return just as strongly. Danger and intrigue-from his enemies in the Holy Land and those within the Knights of the Templar-will shape his destiny in a land made darker by the shadows of Islam's crescent moon.
Author : David S. Cecelski
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807835668
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Fire of Freedom written by David S. Cecelski and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life of a former slave who became a radical abolitionist and Union spy, recruiting black soldiers for the North, fighting racism within the Union Army and much more.
Author : Ellen Von zur Muehlen
Publisher : Warren Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book In God's Hands written by Ellen Von zur Muehlen and published by Warren Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of Hummelshof, the authors family estate in todays Estonia, the author describes how a large, working estate was managed and the grand but formal lifestyle that was typical of that time and place. But intertwined in her description of elegant country house festivities, she also writes of her childhood at Hummelshof in an atmosphere of strict, Prussian discipline maintained by her mothers cold, imperial attitude toward the children. Suffering thus from a feeling of rejection and loneliness, the author develops a love of nature and a deep spirituality-her voices-which sustain her on many occasions during later years of war and deprivation. The remainder of her memoir is a saga of extraordinary times World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and World War II during which she repeatedly finds her and her familys survival in jeopardy, and culminating in the murder of her then former husband and much of his family by the Soviets. Finally, it is in their flight from the Soviets that she leads her elderly parents and young daughter through the burning ruins of Berlin in the last days of Nazi Germany.
Author : Catherine W. Bishir
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469608758
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Crafting Lives written by Catherine W. Bishir and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.
Author : Francis Hodges Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Some Colonial History of Craven County written by Francis Hodges Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Henry Singleton
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN 13 : 9780865262874
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Recollections of My Slavery Days written by William Henry Singleton and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Henry Singleton was born in 10 August 1843 in New Bern, North Carolina. His father was probably William G. Singleton (1823-1881) and his mother was Lettice Nelson. He enlisted in the Union Army in 1863. He married Maria Wanton (1849-1898) in 1868. Their daughter, Lulu (1884-1856), married Collins L. Fitch (1182-1951) in 1905. They had eight children. Includes Hall, Nelson and related families.
Author : Bill Hand
Publisher : American Chronicles
ISBN 13 : 9781596291577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Remembering Craven County written by Bill Hand and published by American Chronicles. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated in the heart of picturesque eastern North Carolina, Craven County--New Bern in particular--has as much rich history as quaint charm. As local author Bill Hand says, New Bern is much more than a couple of rivers, a lot of carved and sculpted bears and a collection of quaint restaurants and shops. We're history. In this engaging selection of historical stories, Hand reveals the quirky characters and fascinating events in Craven County's history that connect its generations of residents, past and present. Included is the story of James Davis, who set up North Carolina's first printing press and published its first newspaper, and the details of the life of Swiss playboy Baron Christopher DeGraffenried, who founded the town of New Bern. And many, many more. With a keen eye for history and a unique, clever style, Hand takes readers on a romp through Craven County's history and paints a fascinating picture of the area's past that is sure to delight locals and visitors alike.
