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... Negroes - free and slave . There may have been slaves in the colony many years before there were " free persons of color , " and the former usually outnumbered the latter about twenty to one . There were a few free Negroes in Albemarle ...
... Negroes - free and slave . There may have been slaves in the colony many years before there were " free persons of color , " and the former usually outnumbered the latter about twenty to one . There were a few free Negroes in Albemarle ...
Page 422
... Negroes in North Carolina in 1860. The chief source of the free Negro population was manumission , or the granting ... Negroes ranged from 34 to 46 percent for each decade from 1790 to 1830 , but dropped sharply thereafter . Seventy ...
... Negroes in North Carolina in 1860. The chief source of the free Negro population was manumission , or the granting ... Negroes ranged from 34 to 46 percent for each decade from 1790 to 1830 , but dropped sharply thereafter . Seventy ...
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... Negroes . The less partisan election law permitted an increasing Negro vote . The restoration of county self - government led to the occasional election of Negroes to minor offices in eastern counties , and the General Assembly , in ...
... Negroes . The less partisan election law permitted an increasing Negro vote . The restoration of county self - government led to the occasional election of Negroes to minor offices in eastern counties , and the General Assembly , in ...
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Explorations and Attempts at Settlement | 3 |
Natural Setting and Native Peoples | 18 |
Albemarle County | 32 |
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