NC as a part the formation of an Early Nation

1. Early National (1789-1836)
Creating a State
The State of Franklin
The United States in the 1790s
"A capital in the wilderness"
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon on democracy
The Walton War
An Agricultural State
Thomas Jefferson on manufacturing and commerce
Midwives and herbal medicine
A father's advice to his sons
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
The growth of slavery in North Carolina
A slave auction in Wilmington
Revival
The Second Great Awakening
Into the wilderness: Circuit riders take religion to the people
A camp meeting scene
What a revival is
Descriptions of a revival
Rock Springs Camp Meeting
'Be saved from the jaws of an angry hell'
Preaching obedience to slaves
Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery
John Chavis
The development of sacred singing
The Rip Van Winkle State
Searching for greener pastures: Out-migration in the 1800s
Migration into & out of North Carolina: Exploring census data
North Carolina's leaders speak out on emigration
Archibald Murphey
'A poor, ignorant, squalid population'
Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education
Archibald Murphey calls for better inland navigation
Canova's statue of Washington
Education
A free school in Beaufort
Rules for students and teachers
John Chavis opens a school for white and black students
Education and literacy in Edgecombe County, 1810
'For What Is a Mother Responsible?'
The University of North Carolina opens
Student life at UNC
Cherokee mission schools
A Bill to Prevent All Persons from Teaching Slaves to Read...(1830)
Academies for boys and for girls
First Year at New Garden Boarding School
A timeline of North Carolina colleges (1766-1861)

2. Gold Rush
The North Carolina Gold Rush
The Reed Gold Mine
From the North Carolina Gold-Mine Company
Minting gold into coins
The workings of a gold mine
Traveling the State
Steamboats
The Dismal Swamp Canal
How a canal works
Elisha Mitchell and his mountain
Elisha Mitchell explores the mountains
The Buncombe Turnpike
State and National Politics
The Stanly-Spaight Duel
The Louisiana Purchase
The War of 1812
Debating war with Britain: For the war
Debating war with Britain: Against the war
The burning of Washington
Dolley Madison and the White House treasures
The expansion of slavery and the Missouri Compromise
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Mapping rumors of Nat Turner's Rebellion
'Fear of Insurrection'
Reporting on Nat Turner: The North Carolina Star, Sept. 1
Reporting on Nat Turner: The Raleigh Register, Sept. 1
Reporting on Nat Turner: The Raleigh Register, Sept. 15
Insurrections in North Carolina?
Hysteria in Wilmington
'A sickening state of things'
Remembering Nat Turner
Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears
Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears
The Cherokee language and syllabary
Andrew Jackson calls for Indian removal
'We have unexpectedly become civilized'
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831
Chief John Ross protests the Treaty of New Echota
A soldier recalls the Trail of Tears
The legend of Tsali
Reform
Whigs and Democrats
Reform movements across the United States
1835 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution
Ratifying the amendments
North Carolina's first public school opens
Criminal law and reform
Dorothea Dix Hospital
Dorothea Dix pleads for a state mental hospital
The Raleigh Female Benevolent Society