Hertford County

Author : Alice Eley Jones
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738514819
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hertford County, North Carolina written by Alice Eley Jones and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hertford County was established in 1759, Eastern North Carolina had served as a home to African Americans for more than 170 years. Over time free blacks and the Meherrin people married, creating a unique free black community of farmers and artisans. Since that time, residents, enriched by diversity, have enjoyed the county's small-town feel and picturesque landscape.

Author : Frank Stephenson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738515564
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hertford County written by Frank Stephenson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated in Eastern North Carolina, Hertford County is a picturesque locale with an extensive, storied past. Boasting portions of the Chowan and Meherrin River, the area was easily accessible to European explorers, who visited as early at 1586. Education has been an important shaping factor for Hertford residents, as the county has hosted two colleges-Chowan College, founded in 1848, and Wesleyan Female College, founded in 1853. Fishing and hunting are second to none: Camp P.D. Hunt Club is the oldest chartered hunt club in North Carolina and herring fishing was the way of life for many years. Agriculture, too, has been a mainstay for the county's economy, with peanuts and tobacco thriving as staple crops. The county also possesses a unique blend of cultural history, from the Meherrin Native Americans, who moved here from Virginia, to the strong influence of African Americans, who developed Chowan Beach as one of the premier black vacation spots during Segregation.

Author : Benjamin Brodie Winborne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County, N.C. written by Benjamin Brodie Winborne and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren Milteer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692722985
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book Hertford County, North Carolina's Free People of Color and Their Descendants written by Warren Milteer and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the outbreak of the Civil War, Hertford County had one of the largest populations of free people of color in North Carolina. Although they lived in a rural community, Hertford County's free people of color and their descendants found success in business, education, community development, religious life, and politics. Warren Eugene Milteer, Jr.'s tireless efforts in numerous archives have produced the first full-length study of their lives and contributions from the colonial period into the twentieth century.

Author : Hertfordshire (England). County Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hertford County Records written by Hertfordshire (England). County Council and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 530 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 : 4.87/5 ( download)

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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 : Earl S. Vanatta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Survey of Hertford County, North Carolina written by Earl S. Vanatta and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hertfordshire (England). County Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
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Download or read book Hertford County Records: Calendar to the sessions books, sessions minute books and other sessions records, 1619- written by Hertfordshire (England). County Council and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hertford County (N.C.). Board of Commissioners
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
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Download or read book Hertford County, NC written by Hertford County (N.C.). Board of Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Stephenson
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531610562
Total Pages : 130 pages
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Download or read book Hertford County written by Frank Stephenson and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated in Eastern North Carolina, Hertford County is a picturesque locale with an extensive, storied past. Boasting portions of the Chowan and Meherrin River, the area was easily accessible to European explorers, who visited as early at 1586. Education has been an important shaping factor for Hertford residents, as the county has hosted two colleges-Chowan College, founded in 1848, and Wesleyan Female College, founded in 1853. Fishing and hunting are second to none: Camp P.D. Hunt Club is the oldest chartered hunt club in North Carolina and herring fishing was the way of life for many years. Agriculture, too, has been a mainstay for the county's economy, with peanuts and tobacco thriving as staple crops. The county also possesses a unique blend of cultural history, from the Meherrin Native Americans, who moved here from Virginia, to the strong influence of African Americans, who developed Chowan Beach as one of the premier black vacation spots during Segregation.