This summer’s racial protests and violence have propelled the issue of slavery reparations under the national spotlight.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 5:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, June 19, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed Juneteenth in North Carolina, the oldest known celebration honoring the end of enslavement in the United States.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 12:57 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Anyone who knows me knows how much I love history and how much time I spend reading and researching historical events.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 12:57 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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MONTICELLO: Missing the Opportunity to Educate Americans on the Extensive Legacy of Thomas JeffersonI was contacted this morning by Monticello, asking for a donation. While those who know me, and perhaps even those who have read my articles, know that Thomas Jefferson is my favorite Founding Father.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 9:47 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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TV star Allison Mack pleaded guilty on Monday to charges concerning her involvement with a “sex slave cult” known as NXIVM. Mack, an alleged victim-turned-victimizer of the cult, pleaded guilty to manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for leader Keith Raniere.
Published: Monday, April 22nd, 2019 @ 4:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Monday, President Trump announced to Axios on HBO that he would pursue an executive order to outlaw birthright citizenship just before the election.
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 @ 2:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lately, a lot of emotion has been spent over Confederate monuments in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 @ 8:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Mental midgets need to stop demoniziing Thomas Jefferson and demeaning his legacy because of the fact that he owned slaves.
Published: Friday, March 9th, 2018 @ 6:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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This article, excerpted from Mike Scrugg's book THE UN-CIVIL WAR, discusses the first 13th Amendment, which was QUITE DIFFERENT from the one which was ratified in 1865.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Fortunately the list of Slave Owners includes General U.S. Grant and numerous Presidents.
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 4:03 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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"The 26th day of April in each year - commonly known as Memorial Day."
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 @ 8:31 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Jefferson Davis' worse fears came true. The big government of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest tyrant our country has ever known, has co-opted and crafted the "great lie" of why our country fought the Civil War.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 1:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A project to preserve and reconstruct the original Tara Facade House from Gone with The Wind in Georgia
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 4:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We celebrate specific wars for 50 years afterward: until most of the veterans have passed on. West Point students skim over the battles and weapons of past wars but concentrate on the new drones and laser killing machines available today.
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Help fight the PC War on the South by learning the true history of the Confederacy at the Abbeville Institute Convention Feb. 27-28 in Charleston, SC
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2016 @ 12:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Check your Southern Bias at the door and venture into the other side.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 7:29 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement recognizing the 150th anniversary of the "Juneteenth" holiday, which marks the end of slavery in the United States.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:11 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A handful of documents changed the character of the United States. The 13th Amendment, formally ending legal slavery in this country, is one of them.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A former North Carolina slave turned abolitionist and author, Harriet Jacobs was born in bondage in Edenton. Her father was a white farmer and her mother a mulatto house slave.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 5:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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McLaurin was also among the first African Americans to serve as a U.S. postmaster in North Carolina. He was appointed postmaster at Warsaw in Duplin County in December 1875.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sometimes it feels that just one more problem will overwhelm us, but there is one that needs immediate exposure and urgent attention: the growing problem of human trafficking.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 2:09 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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During the past 30 to 40 years, historians have revived for Americans the legacy of Frederick Douglass (1818-95). Before then, his accomplishments largely had been swept up, dropped into the dustbin of history, and left out of view.
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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