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WAKE, North Carolina in the 1880s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Reverend L. Ferebee: Living a Torn Life
    date 1882map WAKE, North Carolinatags Slavery, African-Americans, African American Authors

    Two out of every three slave children were ripped from their mother's arms, although the thirteenth amendment marked the end of slavery, it did not erase the hurt and pain of the slaves that had to endure it. The story of slavery and the lives of the surviving slaves still effects America today. The personal recollection of their stories some years later, allowed for all Americans to peer into the...

  2. Edmunds Bill Threatens White Supremacy
    date October 22, 1884map WAKE, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Government, Politics, Race-Relations

    The upcoming gubernatorial and legislative elections of 1884 made North Carolina Democrats unsure of the future of the white man's dominion over Negroes. Whether through education, disability, or property rights-white Democrats of North Carolina believed they had provided for their African American citizens. However, their work seemed to go unnoticed by its benefactors, with the African American...

  3. W. Duke, Sons & Co advertises cigarettes in Costumes of All Nations.
    date 1888map WAKE, North Carolinatags Advertising, Cigarettes

    After the end of the Civil War, Washington Duke, the founder of W. Duke, Sons & Co, returned home in order to build his tobacco and cigarette company.  Although, a large amount of Duke’s tobacco had been taken by soldiers during the war, he and his family were still able to produce smoking tobacco from the harvest. Despite Duke’s success during the first year of selling his tobacco, he quickly...

  4. President of Wake Forest University Denounces Participation of his students in Republican Stump-speaking
    date October 26, 1889map WAKE, North Carolinatags Education, Politics

    Despite President Charles E. Taylor's plea, the students of Wake Forest University would not silence their political opinions.On the night of October 26, 1889, a Republican stump-speaking, literally delivering a speech from atop a freshly cut tree stump, occurred half-a-mile from campus. Fifty of Taylor's students attended the stump-speaking, led by Wake County native John Nichols, who was elected...