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Article: A History of African Americans in North Carolina
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- South Carolina Historical Magazine
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- July 1, 2004
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A History of African Americans in North Carolina. Revised Edition. By Jeffrey J. Crow, Paul D. Escott, and Flora J. Hatley. (Raleigh: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 2002. Pp. xii, 266; $15.00, paper.)
When first published in 1992 by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, this book served at least three audiences. For the general reader, it provided a one-volume introductory survey of the role played by African-Americans in North Carolina from 1526, when Lucas Vásquez de Ayllon brought settlers including slaves to the banks of the Cape Fear River, until the 1970s when African-Americans sought empowerment through the civil rights and Black Power movements. For ...