Author: Bradford J. Wood
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781570035401
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Between 1700 and 1775 no colony in British America experienced more impressive growth than North Carolina, and no region within the colony developed as rapidly as the Lower Cape Fear. In his study of this eighteenth-century settlement, Bradford J. Wood challenges many commonly held beliefs, presenting the Lower Cape Fear as a prime example for understanding North Carolina - and the entirety of colonial America - as a patchwork of regional cultures.
Author: Alan D. Watson
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-04-05
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780786482146
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Of America's thirteen original colonies, North Carolina was one of the most rural, its urban population miniscule and its maritime commerce severely limited--except in the town of Wilmington. Prior to the Civil War, the coastal town was North Carolina's largest urban area and principal seaport, with shipping as the mainstay of the local economy. Wilmington indeed was a singular place in colonial and antebellum North Carolina. This book presents the history of Wilmington from its founding and development to the eve of the Civil War. Part I traces Wilmington's history from the incorporation of the town in 1739-40 to 1789, when North Carolina joined the newly formed United States of America. This section focuses on the confused and disputed origins of Wilmington, life in a colonial urban setting, the growing importance of the port, and town governance. Part II expands upon the preceding topics for the years 1789 to 1861. It also examines the economic development of the port, the wide variety of social activities, the growth of the African American population, and Wilmington's role in state and national politics.
Author: Baylus C. Brooks
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2015-09-11
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 132954787X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This story of Brunswick Town, the Cape Fear region's first port city, provided a deep-water port that accommodated trans-Atlantic shipping on the only easily accessible river in the colony of North Carolina. Contemporary accounts stated that it was like to be a "flourishing place," while town lot sales reflected its profitability in 1731. However, Brunswick Town was not destined to remain and its founder, Maurice Moore and his family would suffer great economic trials as a result of the founding of Wilmington across the river. Gov. George Burrington's opposition to the Family was wholly political. Brunswick Town barely lasted until the American Revolution and today, remains only a vague memory. Baylus C. Brooks, author of Blackbeard Reconsidered: Mist's Piracy, Thache's Genealogy, delivers another brand new view of North Carolina's history!
Author: David La Vere
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2024-04-15
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 0815657064
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book traces the process of racialization for both the Native American and wider North Carolinian populations in the decades that followed the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), using previously undiscovered material to chart the dehumanization that occurred as well as the repercussions of the tributary policies that were still felt nearly 200 years after the conflict"--
Author: Harry Roy Merrens
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2018-07-25
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 0807874434
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This extensive study in historical geography exhibits a precise understanding of the physical environment of pre-revolutionary North Carolina and skillfully interprets this environment in terms of mid-eighteenth century culture. Merrens is the first author to effectively examine the relationship between geographical factors and to analyze it for the entire colonial period. Originally published in 1964. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author: James Truslow Adams
Publisher:
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13:
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Author: Philip Gerard
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1469602075
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
Publisher:
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13:
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