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African-American North Carolinians or Black North Carolinians are residents of the state of
North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
who are of
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n ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 22% of the state's population. African slaves were brought to North Carolina during the slave trade.


History

Slavery has been part of North Carolina's history since its settlement by white Europeans in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Many of the first black slaves in North Carolina were brought to the colony from the
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or but a significant number were brought from
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. Records were not kept of the tribes and homelands of African slaves in North Carolina. African Americans in North Carolina suffered from
racial segregation Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crime against humanity under the Statute of the Intern ...
. Most white people in North Carolina sought to refine the Jim Crow system and retain systematic segregation.


List of historic communities

Western North Carolina Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United ...
: * Rock Hill, Asheville, North Carolina * Petersburg, Asheville, North Carolina * Brooklyn, Asheville, North Carolina * Old Shiloh, Asheville, North Carolina * ew Shiloh, Asheville, North Carolina


People

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John Chavis John Chavis (c. 1763–June 15, 1838) was a free Black educator and Presbyterian minister in the American South during the early 19th century. Born in Oxford, North Carolina, he fought for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary ...
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Abraham Galloway Abraham H. Galloway (February 8, 1837 – September 1, 1870) was an American politician who served as a state Senator in North Carolina. An African American, he was a Republican. Born in Smithville (now Southport, North Carolina) in 1837. A for ...
* Elizabeth Keckley *
George White George White may refer to: Politicians * George White (died 1584) (c. 1530–1584), MP for Liverpool * George White (Liberal politician) (1840–1912), British Liberal member of parliament, 1900–1912 * George E. White (politician) (1848–1935), ...
Black History Month – North Carolinians to Remember
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DaBaby Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby (formerly known as Baby Jesus), is an American rapper. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he rose to mainstream prominence with his debut alb ...
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J Cole Jermaine Lamarr Cole (born January 28, 1985) is an American rapper and record producer. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his d ...


See also

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African Americans in South Carolina Black South Carolinians are residents of the state of South Carolina who are of African ancestry. This article examines South Carolina's history with an emphasis on the lives, status, and contributions of African Americans. Enslaved Africans f ...
* African Americans in Tennessee *
African Americans in Georgia (U.S. state) African-American Georgians are residents of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 31.2% of the state's population. Georgia has the second la ...
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Coastwise slave trade The coastwise slave trade existed along the eastern coastal areas of the United States in the antebellum years prior to 1861. Shiploads and boatloads of slaves in the domestic trade were transported from place to place on the waterways. Hundreds o ...
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Colonial South and the Chesapeake During the British colonization of North America, the Thirteen Colonies provided England with much needed money and resources. However, the culture of the Southern and Chesapeake Colonies was different from that of the Northern and Middle Coloni ...
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Great Dismal Swamp maroons The Great Dismal Swamp maroons were people who inhabited the swamplands of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina after escaping enslavement. Although conditions were harsh, research suggests that thousands lived there between ...
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Gullah The Gullah () are an African American ethnic group who predominantly live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, within the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Their language and cultu ...
* History of slavery in North Carolina *
Scramble (slave auction) A scramble was a particular form of slave auction that took place during the Atlantic slave trade in the European colonies of the West Indies and the United States. It was called a "scramble" because buyers would run around in an open space all at ...
* Seasoning (colonialism) * Slavery in the colonial history of the United States *
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Demographics of North Carolina Demographics of North Carolina covers the varieties of ethnic groups who reside in North Carolina and relevant trends. Center of population The center of population of North Carolina is located in Randolph County, in the town of Seagrove. ...
* List of African-American historic places in North Carolina *
List of African-American newspapers in North Carolina This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in North Carolina. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in North Carolina was the ''Journal of Freedom'' of Raleigh, which published i ...
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Black Southerners Black Southerners are African Americans living in the Southern United States, the United States region with the largest black population. Despite a total of 6 million Blacks migrating from the South to cities in the North and West from 1916� ...


External links


A brief history of slavery in North Carolina

Slavery

African Presence in North Carolina
*https://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/roundup.html
A History of African Americans in North Carolina1898 and White Supremacy
*https://uncpress.org/book/9780865263512/history-of-african-americans-in-north-carolina/ *https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/previous-issues/2015-2/spring-2015/beyond-the-beach-african-american-history-in-coastal-carolina/ *https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/civil-rights-movement/ *https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/us-states/north-carolina


References

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