Insurrection in Currituck from The Daily Progress [New Bern newspaper], Oct. 18, 1860

Title

Insurrection in Currituck from The Daily Progress [New Bern newspaper], Oct. 18, 1860

Creator

["Gatesville Family Visitor (Newspaper).","Daily Progress (Newspaper : New Bern, N.C.)."]

Place

["New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States","Currituck County, North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

NbPRGd-5

.4 . ч*- • —ли — ♦ — *** YOL. III. NEWBERN, N. Сч THURSDAY МО RNJNG, OCTOBER 18, I860. N0. 41.

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Title

Insurrection in Currituck from The Daily Progress [New Bern newspaper], Oct. 18, 1860

Creator

["Gatesville Family Visitor (Newspaper).","Daily Progress (Newspaper : New Bern, N.C.)."]

Publisher

Daily Progress (Newspaper : New Bern, N. C. )

Rights

Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753

Description

Article originally published in the Gatesville Family Visitor newspaper and later reprinted in The Daily Progress, a New Bern, N.C., newspaper. The article reports events in Currituck County related to a slave uprising reportedly facilitated by a group of Irish canal workers. This item was scanned as part of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration at the North Carolina State Archives. It was part of the monthly documents on the North Carolina Civil War 150 website (http://civilwar150nc.wordpress.com)

Subject

["Irish Americans--Southern States--History--19th century","Free African Americans--North Carolina--History--19th century","African Americans--North Carolina--History--19th Century","Currituck County (N.C.)","Free African Americans--Southern States--History--19th century","Slavery--North Carolina--History","Slavery--United States--History--19th century","Slave insurrections--United States--History--19th century"]

Local Call Number

NbPRGd-5

Place

["New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States","Currituck County, North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction"]

Digital Collections

["Civil War Collection"]

Source Collections

["Newspaper Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Related Items

Petition to the North Carolina General Assembly from Currituck County citizens, 1861; Currituck Superior Court Minutes, Jan. 14, 1861

Physical Characteristics

Newspaper article; 2 pages including masthead and article

Format

["Clippings (Information artifacts)"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina","State Library of North Carolina"]

Identifier

Newspaper_Collection_NbPRGd_5

Insurrection in Currituck from The Daily Progress [New Bern newspaper], Oct. 18, 1860

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