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From slavery to freedom, the story of James City to be told in January

During the Civil War, more than 10,000 refugees from slavery came to Union-occupied New Bern seeking freedom. By 1865, there were nearly 3,000 formerly enslaved people living in the Trent ....

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'They have got hold of the Bible': Beaufort and the Civil War

The letters between an anti-slavery pastor and his daughter give a glimpse of Beaufort during the Civil War era, where escaped and liberated enslaved people could "come out of the shadow of slavery," David Cecelski writes. ....

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