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North Carolina cotton farmer wants Black people to embrace the plant
Before the civil war, the plant brought great prosperity to the country accounting for more than half its exports. But that ...
Enslaved people took refuge at pioneering hotel on NC Outer Banks. But perils awaited
A hotel was North Carolina’s first “safe haven” for enslaved people during the Civil War. But perils still awaited those who arrived. In the 1860s, African Americans escaped to one of the state’s ...