BEAUFORT & MOREHEAD CITY VENDORS

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Reviews

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"As a long-time citizen of Beaufort and person of color, I took great joy and satisfaction in reading this delightful, highly factual...

Excerpt from Sandbeck's Introduction

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Woodcutter "Lorse" Anderson - Duke University Archives From 1800 to 1990, Beaufort's black residents numbered at least 25% of...

African Americans in Beaufort - An Overview

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The history of African Americans in Beaufort goes back to the 18th century, yet remarkably little research or study has ever been carried ou...

Stanton Family Bible included Births of Family Slaves

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About 1732, Quaker Henry Stanton sailed to Beaufort from Newport, Rhode Island and established a shipyard in the new Quaker Colony, on Co...

Excerpt from 1870 Census

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     The end of the Civil War brought with it the doubling of Beaufort's black population from 638 in 1860 to 1,242 in 1870, about half ...

From "Menhaden Fishermen" pages . . .

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In the Galley Food was hot and hearty―the coffee always strong.

Excerpt from "Menhaden Chanteymen"

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In 1988, the "Menhaden Chanteymen," a group of retired black fishermen who had previously worked in Beaufort's menhaden indust...

Beaufort's Black Citizens - Research Highlights (1 of 20 pages)

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▪ BELL, DELIA (1900‒1975) was born Cordelia Gaskill, daughter of Mary Hawkins and Michael Gaskill. Married in 1923, Delia and Charlie Bell w...