Surprisingly, there existed a small population of southern blacks who experienced economic gains in the fifty years following the Civil War. This book examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for this group.
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IN 1885 George Allen Mebane, a black newspaper editor, proposed writing a 300-page book called "The Prominent Colored Men of North Carolina." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black rural landowners, black land acquisition, black economic success, mulatto wives, black firms, black business community, black landownership, enterprising blacks, black businessmen, black polls, urban landowners, black property owners, manuscript census, patronage posts, black businessman, credit ledgers, black merchants, black legislators, black entrepreneurs, black husbands, owned real estate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Civil War, New Bern, Industrial Association, Warren County, Shaw University, Johnston County, Granville County, Brigham Young, Craven County, Manuscript Census of the United States, National Negro Business League, African Americans, Caswell County, Howard University, North Carolinians, Republican Party, Wake County, Alfred Hargrave, Edgecombe County, Giblem Lodge, Vance County, Biddle College, Chowan County, Franklin County New!
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IN 1885 George Allen Mebane, a black newspaper editor, proposed writing a 300-page book called "The Prominent Colored Men of North Carolina." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black rural landowners, black land acquisition, black economic success, mulatto wives, black firms, black business community, black landownership, enterprising blacks, black businessmen, black polls, urban landowners, black property owners, manuscript census, patronage posts, black businessman, credit ledgers, black merchants, black legislators, black entrepreneurs, black husbands, owned real estate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Civil War, New Bern, Industrial Association, Warren County, Shaw University, Johnston County, Granville County, Brigham Young, Craven County, Manuscript Census of the United States, National Negro Business League, African Americans, Caswell County, Howard University, North Carolinians, Republican Party, Wake County, Alfred Hargrave, Edgecombe County, Giblem Lodge, Vance County, Biddle College, Chowan County, Franklin County New!
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- Black Business in the New South: A Social History of the NC Mutual Life Insurance Company by Walter B. Weare on 6 pages
- The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860 by John Hope Franklin on 4 pages
- The Negro in Business by Booker T. Washington in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Reconstruction In North Carolina (BCL1 - United States Local History) by Joseph Gregoire De Roulhac Hamilton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mulatto in the United States, The by Edward Byron Reuter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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