by ccwinslow394 | Oct 6, 2021 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Leisa Greathouse; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Archibald Beebe, known as Archie by relatives (even today), was born enslaved. When and where he was born is unknown. A wealthy plantation owner, Asa Beebe, bequeathed “Archy” to his young daughter...
by ccwinslow394 | Jul 19, 2021 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Sharon Drake; researched and vetted by Phyllis Hughes The Levy family were Free People of Color located in Cumberland County (Fayetteville, Rockfish, Pearce Mills). They were listed as Mulatto in most census documents. However, in the early 1900s (1910...
by ccwinslow394 | Apr 6, 2021 | Davie, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Linda H. Barnette (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) As people came from Europe to America, traveling down South in the 1700s, they found a vast network of rivers and streams. They discovered places where the water was shallow enough to cross, which...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Reconstruction, Wilson
AUTHOR: Lisa Y. Henderson The photographs of a letter written by A. F. Flood, plus my transcription of his letter, annotations, and references, are available here. Click here: LINK [The author] is solely responsible for all posts to Black Wide-Awake,...
by ccwinslow394 | Dec 28, 2020 | Chatham, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Farming was so bad in North Carolina in 1889 that many farmers considered leaving their farms to seek their livelihoods elsewhere. The Chatham County Alliance, a local organization of the Farmers’ Alliance,...
by ccwinslow394 | Aug 5, 2020 | Durham, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) In my personal library, I have a book titled Public School Education in North Carolina, which was originally published in 1916. The book was written by Edgar W. Knight, and in it, he discusses the...
