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Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school. Four-year college after 1939. Became university in 1969.
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Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891. His grave is 6/10 mile west.
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Our Heroes1861 1865 To ourConfederate Dead. Erected byThe D.H. Hill ChapterUnited Daughtersof the ConfederacyElizabeth CityNorth Carolina,May 10th, 1911.
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The "world's first flight crew" were the surfmen of the U.S. Lifesaving Stations along the Outer Banks The Wright brothers relied on them as they tested their experimental aircraft (1900-1903). The Life Saving Service's primary job was to guard th…
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After Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862, he dispatched Commander Stephen C. Rowan to destroy the Mosquito Fleet, which had been annoying U.S. naval vessels. Confederate Commodore William F. Lynch's fleet co…
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The Pasquotank River was noted in 35 runaway slave ads between 1791 to 1840, indicating that slaves ("freedom seekers") escaped on board boats ("vessels") traveling north to free territory or south to the West Indies, confirming that Underground R…
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(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…
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(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…
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(sidebar)During the Civil War, neither the North nor the South was totally united over the key issues. Just as some Northerners supported slavery and secession, some Southerners were abolitionist and Unionists. These issues could split families, d…
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One of the original precincts of Ancient Albemarle.First Albemarle Assembly met at Halls Creek 1665.George Fox established Quaker Church 1672.Culpepper's Rebellion began at Enfield 1677.Charles Griffin opens first school in N.C., 1795.Nixonton cha…
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