Posted in History, Just A Bite, tagged boston, john brown, raleigh on October 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Fanaticism in the North is rampant….On yesterday, the godly city of Boston, built up and sustained by the products of negro slave labor, went into mourning, fasting and prayer over the condign punishment of a negro stealer, murderer and traitor…. “In all the Noo England towns and villages, we may expect to hear that mock […]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged a view form the south, anna j. cooper, blacks in congress, cherokee nc, dirt tracks, eastern band of cherokee, fairgrounds speedway, fayetteville nc, harpers ferry, indy racing, john brown, lewis leary, michael hill, nascar, nc highway historical markers, nimrod jarrett smith, omar ibn said, pea island lifesavers, raleigh, rep. george h. white, richard etheridge, st augustine's college, tarboro, us lifesaving station on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Michael Hill for this list of state highway historical markers approved by the advisory committee May 25: — Pea Island Lifesavers. Only U.S. Lifesaving Station manned by black crew. Led by Richard Etheridge, 1879-1899. — George H. White, 1852-1918. Represented the state’s “Black Second” district, U.S. House, 1897-1901. Last black Southerner in Congress […]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged abraham venable, horace mann, john brown, salem witch trials on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The day after [John] Brown’s execution in Virginia, [the Raleigh Register] warned Virginia governor Henry Wise to burn the gallows, lest some enterprising man remove it and ship it north, since ‘The Yankees have no objection to mingling money-making with their grief.’ The idea of memorial services and ‘mock funerals’ rumored in the North irritated […]
