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NORTH CAROLINA. |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH was
the first Englishman to land a
colony of people in this country.
He sent out an exploring party in
1584, which landed on that part
of America now known as North
Carolina. They stayed about six
weeks, and, when they returned to
England, they declared that the
part of America they had seen was
the paradise of the world. |
In 1585
Raleigh sent out another colony
to remain in America, which was
left in charge of Ralph Lane (who
afterwards was the first man to
convey tobacco to England), but
they became discouraged and
returned. Raleigh tried again to
found a colony with some people
who settled on Roanoke Island,
but when John White, the
governor, returned from England,
where he had gone for supplies,
the colony had disappeared. |
The
first permanent settlement was
made in 1623. The settlers came
to North Carolina because it was
a free country. and they kept it
so; tyrannical governors were
deposed and church-rates were
refused. When the Secession War
broke out, North Carolina
remained true to the Union until
President Lincoln called on her
to furnish her quota of troops
for the Federal army, when she
promptly took sides with the
South. The State had more men in
the Southern army, and lost more
than any other of the Southern
States. Of late years she has
made marvelous advances in
population, improvements in
farming methods and industries. |
ILLUSTRATIONS. |
Sir
Walter Raleigh; Massacre by the
Tuscaroras, 1711; Morgan's
Victory Over Tarleton, 1781;
Governor Tyron
and the Regulators, 1771. |
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