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The Champions of Popular Rights: North Carolina’s Political Reformation, 1850-1862
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Author
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Holt, Bradley
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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In the decade before the American Civil War, North Carolina voters embarked on a path to remake state politics and government in a manner beneficial to the non-plantation owning class of white men. Politically educated and mobilized through newspa...
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The South Carolina Black Code and Its Legacy
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Author
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McIntyre, Larry
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History
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Description
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In December 1865 the South Carolina State Legislature ratified a series of laws designed to control the social and economic futures of the freedpeople. Informally known as the Black Code, South Carolina’s white leadership claimed these laws protec...