LEARN NC

11.5 The nineteenth century

By Kathryn Walbert

Provided by The North Carolina Humanities Council.

Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet
This biography of Sequoyah would be an excellent starting point for students researching his life and his development of the Cherokee alphabet. (From the Legends series, North Carolina Museum of History.)
A Look at the Trail of Tears
This source, from the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine 45:1 (Fall 2005), offers a concise (one-page) historical overview of Indian removal in North Carolina, including references to a few other useful websites at the end of the article.
Stories: What Happened on the Trail of Tears?
This article, from the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail from the National Park Service, provides an overview of Indian removal including some excerpts from first-hand accounts of the Trail of Tears.
The Effects of Removal on American Indian Tribes
This article, by Clara Sue Kidwell of the University of Oklahoma from the National Humanities Center, includes a wealth of images of primary source documents and a very detailed overview of Indian Removal. This article may be very useful to educators planning to teach this topic and the linked photographs, maps, and written documents may be useful in the classroom as well.
Moving Through History
This article, by Lisa Costen Hall, explores several instances of significant migrations of people in North Carolina history, including the story of forced Indian removal. The article appeared in the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine 45:2 (Spring 2006).
Indian Cabinetmakers in Piedmont North Carolina
This article, by y Patricia Phillips Marshall, focuses on Thomas Day, a well-known free African American cabinetmaker in the nineteenth century, and the American Indian cabinetmakers he worked with. The article details the family histories of some of the American Indians who worked with Day and describes their work and legal status. The article appeared in the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian 45:1 (fall 2005).
Henry Berry Lowrie Lives Forever
This article was written by Jefferson Currie and appeared in the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine 39 (Spring 2000).
Henry Berry Lowrie
This article about Henry Berry Lowrie is from the Lumbee Regional Development Association.
Communities of Faith: American Indian Churches in Eastern North Carolina
This article, by by Dr. Christopher Arris Oakley, describes the segregation of churches in the post-Reconstruction south, following the history of American Indian churches in the eastern part of the state from the 1870s to the twentieth century. The article appeared in the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine 45:1 (fall 2005).
Laying the Foundation: American Indian Education in North Carolina
This article by Jefferson Currie II details the history of education for American Indians in North Carolina, focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and continuing up until the present day. The article appeared in the North Carolina Museum of History’s Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine 45:1 (fall 2005).