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African Americans in Edgecombe County, from slavery to freedom to Jim Crow : a chronology, 1860 to 1901 / compiled by Phoenix Historical Society.

Other author/creatorPhoenix Historical Society (Tarboro, N.C.)
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Tarboro, N.C. : Phoenix Historical Society, 2003.
Copyright Notice ©2003
Description32 pages ; 28 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 1860: Slave labor makes cotton king -- 1862: Union Army and the African Brigade -- 1865, April: Freedom Hill -- 1865, September: Freedmen's Convention -- 1866, November: Black's organize self-defense -- 1867, March: Republican Party -- 1867, August: Union League -- 1867, November: Constitutional Convention -- 1868, April: Blacks first elected to office -- 1868, September: AMA (American Missionary Association) school teacher -- 1870: Ku Klux Klan terror -- 1871: Governor Holden impeached -- 1872: -- William Mabson and the AME (African Methodist Episcopal Zion) Church -- 1874: -- the "Black Second" District -- 1875: Constitutional Convention -- 1877, March: Landlord & Tenant Law -- 1877, October: Convention of Colored Citizens -- 1878: Election -- 1879: Exodus -- 1880: Fulton Fire Company -- 1880: John C. Dancy, Jr. -- 1881: St. Luke's Parochial School -- 1882: Colored Free School -- 1883: Teachers Association -- 1884: Robert S. Taylor elected to NC Senate -- 1885: Princeville Incorporated -- 1886: George H. White elected solicitor -- 1887, May: Lynching of Ben Heart -- 1887, November: Knights of Labor in Dunbar --
Contents 1888, January: Southern Farmers Alliance -- 1888, March: Henry P. Cheatham for Congress -- 1888, August: Knights of Labor & Republicans -- 1889, April: Payne Election Law -- 1889, April: Black leaders call mass meeting -- 1889, July: Knights of Labor rally in Tarboro -- 1889, September: Black workers strike -- 1889, December: Second exodus -- 1891: Emigrant Agent Law -- 1891: Colored Farmers' Alliance -- 1891: Dancy appointed Customs Collector -- 1892: Peoples Party -- 1894: George H. White moves to Tarboro -- 1894: Republican-Populist fusion -- 1885, August: Carr leases N.C. railroad -- 1895, October: Brick School opens --1896: George H. White leads black fusionists -- 1896: Historic election -- 1896: Blacks elected again in Edgecombe -- 1898: White Supremacy campaign -- 1898, November: Wilmington massacre -- Black disenfranchisement -- 1901: George H. White leaves Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.

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