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- Man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project
- This black and white photo shows an unidentified man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project in Chowan County, North Carolina. He is standing behind the plow, guiding it as his horse pulls. The man is walking away from the camera.
- Format: image/article
- Learning in colonial Carolina
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.8
- During the late 1600s and early 1700s, education in Carolina was largely informal. Most children learned by watching and imitating parents and older community members. The sons of the wealthy were sent away to schools in other colonies or in England. The first efforts to provide formal education in Carolina were made by religious groups — the Quakers, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians.
- Format: article
- By Betty Dishong Renfer.
- Historic Edenton
- The Historic Edenton website is provided by North Carolina Historic Sites and contains a brief introduction and history of the town as well as a listing of special events.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Edenton National Fish Hatchery
- Take a tour of the hatchery and find out how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping to stock the lakes and rivers of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with fish.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Edenton "Tea Party"
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.7
- In October 1774, several prominent women of Edenton gathered at the home of Elizabeth King, with Penelope Barker presiding, to sign a petition supporting the American cause. This letter describing the event, which came to be known as the Edenton Tea Party, appeared in a London newspaper. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Colonial North Carolina
- Colonial North Carolina from the establishment of the Carolina in 1663 to the eve of the American Revolution in 1763. Compares the original vision for the colony with the way it actually developed. Covers the people who settled North Carolina; the growth of institutions, trade, and slavery; the impact of colonization on American Indians; and significant events such as Culpeper's Rebellion, the Tuscarora War, and the French and Indian Wars.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Revolutionary North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Antebellum North Carolina
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the antebellum period (1830–1860). Topics include slavery, daily life, agriculture, industry, technology, and the arts, as well as the events leading to secession and civil war.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- An Act for preventing Tumultuous and riotous Assemblies
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.10
- Text of the Johnston Riot Act passed by the North Carolina Assembly in 1771, empowering the governor and colonial officials to use military force to put down uprisings of Regulators. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation
- "A Society of Patriotic Ladies"
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.8
- 1775 cartoon, published in a London newspaper, satirizing the "Edenton Tea Party" at which prominent North Carolina women signed a petition supporting the American cause. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: cartoon
- Plan of the Town & Port of Edenton in Chowan County
- Legend reads: Plan of the Town and Port of Edenton in Chowan County North Carolina Church Court House. Goal Schoolhouse. Tann Yard Wind Mill...
- Format: image/map
- Mapping life in a colonial town
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.14
- From a detailed map of colonial Edenton, North Carolina, we can learn a great deal about daily life and community life on the eve of the Revolution.
- Format: activity
- By L. Maren Wood.
- An old house near Edenton, NC
- This is an old house a few miles north of Edenton in Chowan County, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- The Cupola House in historic Edenton, NC
- This is The Cupola House in historic Edenton, North Carolina. Here is a blurb on the history of the house from cupolahouse.org: "For over two and a quarter centuries, the Cupola House has stood watch from the north shore of Edenton Bay. It was built in 1758...
- Format: image/photograph
- A dingy at dock in Edenton, NC
- A dingy floats at dock on twinkling, sunlit water in Edenton, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- A stand of trees in the middle of the water
- This is a stand of trees in the middle of the water near Edenton, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Honor Guard protecting the North Carolina Bill of Rights
- A Honor Guard protects the North Carolina Bill of Rights. They are wearing colonial-style uniforms. For a few weeks, the document was displayed in various places throughout North Carolina, including here, at the historic Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton,...
- Format: image/photograph
- The Barker House in Edenton, NC
- This is the Barker House in Edenton, North Carolina. According to its historic marker, it was the "home of Thomas Barker, N.C. agent to England, and his wife Penelope, reputed leader of the Edenton Tea Party, 1774."
- Format: image/photograph
- The burning of Elizabeth City
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.4
- Excerpt from Richard Creecy's memoir describing the fall of Elizabeth City to Union troops in February 1862 and its partial burning by residents. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Slaves escape to Union lines
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.3
- Federal Writers' Project interview with former slave Mary Barbour. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: interview
