North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform. (Page 3.5)
Illustration of a revival in the woods. Several hundred people, seated, listen to a preacher. In foreground, apart from the crowd, a man leans on a tree, propping his gun on the ground, listening; his horse is tethered nearby.