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Pirates of the Carolinas 3

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Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 3
Blackbeard was one of the most infamous pirates. It's thought that his real name was Edward Teach, and he is believed to have been from Bristol, England. A very tall man for the time period, in a time...
Pirates of the Carolinas - History - Episode 1 Pirates of the Carolinas 2

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Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 2
Pirates had a strict list of articles, or laws, that had to be signed by each member of the crew before a voyage began. Those rules governed who would get how much of whatever treasure was captured...
Pirates of the Carolinas 4

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Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 4
Stede Bonnett is a wealthy and well-respected sugar plantation owner from the tiny West Indian island of Barbados. He used his own resources to outfit a sloop he christened "Revenge." With ten guns...
Pirates of the Carolinas 8

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Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 8
On November day in 1996, divers representing the private research group Intersal Inc. were concluding the first stage of their search of 18th-century shipwrecks in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina...
Pirates of the Carolinas 6

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Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 6
For a time, piracy was tolerated. Some would even say encouraged, based on the actions of many public officials in Carolina's port cities. Bargain prices were often paid by town merchants for ill...
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | Carolina Snaps

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Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | Carolina Snaps
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright’s dream of establishing a school in South Carolina would come true in 1897. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, had a deep desire to open a school where...
The Black Codes: Freedman | Reconstruction 360

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The Black Codes: Freedman | Reconstruction 360
The Black man in this jail cell has been locked up for refusing to sign a labor contract. Under the Black Codes he is considered a vagrant. Freedpeople had to sign labor contracts to work for whites...
The Black Codes: Jailer | Reconstruction 360

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The Black Codes: Jailer | Reconstruction 360
There was little or no universal or public education in the Antebellum South. Only wealthy elites went to school, and most poor whites were illiterate. They remained ignorant of politics at the...
Grocery Store | KidsECON 1

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Grocery Store | KidsECON
Episode 1
Laila takes us on a tour through the grocery store. Learn the difference between a need and a want in the first episode of KidsECON. About the Series Laila, Ella, and Jayden are taking part in a...
The Black Codes: Labor Contract | Reconstruction 360

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The Black Codes: Labor Contract | Reconstruction 360
The Freedmen’s Bureau helped create labor contracts that were supposed to be fair to both parties, but in many cases established conditions not much better than slavery. This system became known as...