The portrayal I have seen .
, on television and articles in
'newspapers and periodicals
jseem to suggest that the in
cidents leading up to the
(American Revolution oc
curred just a short while
.before the revolution;
Nothing could be : further
prom the truth. The seeds of -revolution
were sown over
. one-hundred years before. '
' I believe there are
millions of young and not so
young who have no concep
tion of the trials, tribula
. tions and injustice imposed ;
by England on our fore-'
fathers who were settling
our coast from Mass
achusetts to Albemarle.
'Many years had passed
since 1584 when Amadas and "
Barlowe had sailed the in-
land waters of ' North
Carolina. King James suc
' ceeded Elizabeth, Charles I
had followed James and was
beheaded " as, a traitor.
Cromwell had lived, ruled
and died. Charles II was on
the throne and again royal
bounties became possible.
There . were two things
Charles II had plenty of:
debts and land; if he could
. exchange one for the other, -'
v his, life of dissipation and
frivolity could continue, pe '
was., known as "a gay;
dissolute, shameless liber
tine who despised all that is
valuable in human duties."
As Lord Rochester remark
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Albemarle And Colonies Fight
ed, "he never did a wise
thing or said a foolish one."
In 1663 his majesty
Charles II, King of England,
Scotland and Ireland,
granted to George, Duke of
Albemarle; Edward, Earl of
Clarendon; William, Earl of
Croven; John, : Lord of
Berkeley; Anthony, Lord
Ashley; Sire George
Carteret; Sir John Colleton,:
and Sir William Berkeley,
as "Lord Proprietors," all
of the territory south of the
lands not already granted to
the privince of Virginia,
down to the Spanish line in
Flordia. This territory was
to be called "Carolina" as a
compliment to King Charles
IX of France.
; Sir William Berkeley was
governor of Virginia and the
only one of the eight to ever
rule in the new world. He
was the embodiment of
cruelty and religious pre
judice of that age; he was a
ruthless tyrant. Any religion
other tahn Anglican would
not be tolerated. King
Charles said of . him, "that
old fool has taken more lives
without offense in that
naked country than I, in all
England, for the murder of
my - father." Fortunately
Berkeley's rule ended at the
Albemarle Area.
In some New England col
onies a Quaker coming into
the province would have his
tongue bored by a red hot
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iron and then banished. Any
person bringing a Quaker in
to the province was fined 100
pounds sterling (about $500)
and the Quaker was given
twenty lashes and im-1
prisoned at hard labor.
. Virginia was no exception; a
monthly tax of $100 was
levied on each Quaker by
the Virginia Assembly. '
- - To avoid this persecution,
all Quakers and Baptist slip-
ped into Albemarle Precinct
and settled around the
sounds and rivers. Houses
were far apart; the woods
;.full of Indianssome friend
ly and many hostile. No
schools, churches or cour
thouses existed. However,
. all of this was preferable to
the persecution from
Virginia to Massachusetts. .
At the 'direction of the
Lord Proprietors, Sir
William Berkeley in 1663 ap-
; pointed William Drummond
as the first "Governor of
Albemarle." He was a
Scotch settler in Virginia
', and deserved the respect
and confidence of the people
he governed. He was plain
. and prudent and gave
satisfaction where before no
' law existed. He had the sup-
" port of the large land owners
and the small.
Unfortunately in 1667 trou
ble occurred in Virginia,
known as Bacon's Rebellion,
causing Governor Drum
ifiond to return to Virginia.
Tan, v
'
Bacon was the leader of a
force- resisting the illegal
authority of Governor
Berkeley. Drummond, see
ing the justness of the
rebellion, joined the cause.
Bacon died before the end of
the rebellion. Many of his
leaders were put to death
and , Governor Drummond
was hanged within two
hours of his capture. Gover
nor Berkeley immediately
confiscated all of his proper
ty from Mrs. Drummond
and. his five children, leav
ing them without home, food
or clothing. '
AJt the death of Berkeley,!
Mrs. Drummond sued Lady
Frances '.Berkeley for
r recovery of her property. A
verdict in her favor ' was
: given by a Virginia court.
George Durant who had
bought land from the
Yeopim Indians in 1661 was
probably the leading citizen
in wealth and influence and
largely controlled the views
of the Quaker sect.
The rivers were full of fish
and with little trouble large
supplies were caught in the
nets and weirs. Indian corn,
tobacco, lumber and its by
products were sent in
vessels to New England and
the West Indies. In return
,. sugar, coffee and rum were
brought to the Albemarle.
An active trade grew up
which was almost wholly
'conducted by New England
vessels. All passed through
1.
UNINTENTIONAL ART
Hazel Saunders of Rt.
3, Hertford, well known
as a local artist, found
; some unintentional art
recently. While riding to
Elizabeth City, a large
truck passed the car she
was driving and a rock hit
the back windshield
causing a crack . which
soon spread. While some
Would have been ex
tremely upset over such
an incident, Ms. Saun
ders, the artist that she
is, said, "It's "really an
unusual piece of art."
(Newbern photo)
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for Freedom - A Long Struggle
the inlet of Nags Head,
where, as late as. 1729,,
twenty-five feet of water
was found upon the bar;
Cover Stephens was sent
over in 1667. He was a ruler
of orcinary ability who pro
' bably did his best which was
not enough. At the end of his
rule and death in 1674, the
Lords Proprietors took note
of the lucrative trade New
England ships had with all
of the provinces up and
oown the coast. They
Bits
vance commemorating the
official reading to the public
of the Declaration of In
dependence; Tricon) Hat
Tours for children visits to
the gaol and the maze, the
apothecary shop and the
magazine, bowling on the
green. Led by a costumed
hostess, twice daily through
Aug. 29; Craft Workshops
A dozen of Colonial
Williamsburg's skilled
craftsmen demonstrate and
explain their work four
times a day, except Sunday,
in the Williamsburg Con
ference Center using film,
sound, closed-circuit televi
sion to improve the presen
tation. Gunsmiths,
silversmiths, coopers,
bookbinders, ' musical in
strumentmakers, printers,
weavers and others alter-
Steep Area
Has Special
Plant Need
Garden tip: Certain
types of low maintenance,
easy-to-grow ground cov
ers are available to put on
steep slopes with full ex
posure to the sun.
North Carolina State
University extension hor
ticulturists Suggest
considering one of the
following: Andorra, Shore
Junipers, creeping Euony
mus, low-spreading varie
ties of Cotoneaster, Me
morial Rose and Hyperi
cum.. In some hot, dry
places, Santolina and
Lavender Cotton do well.
These ground covers
are suitable where , the
Slope is tod steep to mow
grass and too hot to grow
some other types of cover.
They will be both attrac
tive and beneficial in
helping stop erosion.
" The
decided something had to be
; done. They broke out tne oid
Navigation Act passed
under Cromwell to break up
tne outcn trade. The col
'onists were informed that
from now on, only English
ships could be used to ship
their produce from the
farms, rorest and rivers.
This Navigation Act con
tinued for a century and on-
ly until the revolution of 1776
did American commerce
become free.
In, this century many '
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nate daily, each giving two.
programs a week. And
many other exciting scenes
and attractions may be en
joyed by spending a day at
Williamsburg, Va.
The North Carolina Rural
Safety Council announces
that "The week of July 25
through 31 has been pro
claimed "National Farm
Safety Week." "This is an
appropriate time to promote
safety at all levels of the
agricultural community.
Parents should educate
their children, set good ex
amples, and get children in
volved in youth safety pro
grams. Teachers should
plan to include safety in
vocational and manual arts
classesFarmers and ran
chers should train their
families and workers by
' reviewing familiar work
practices and teaching new
techniques. Let's all become
actively involved in safety
education and make 1976 the
safest and most productive
year ever." Ms.' Carolyn
Register, president, said.
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governors were sent over;
all bad some worse.. There
were times of self rule,
usually because of different
religions this system did not
work. There were re
bellions, Indian wars and
massacurs, pirates roamed
the coast and main trade
routes. England, curing this
century, tried and suc
ceeded in wringing every
cent possible rrom the col
onists whose reason for be
ing here to begin with was a
desire for freedom.
There is in no way in this
column that I could list the
succession of ad
ministrators sent over by
the Lord Proprietors and the
throne; books could be and
have been written on a few
of them. The majority of
them had one thing in com
mon; to line their own
purses and keep England
happy.
The straw that probably
broke the camel's back, oc
curred March 22, 1765.
Known as the Stamp Act, it
required that all colonial
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legal instruments, such as '
deeds, bonds and notes,
should be written only upon
stamped paper to be binding
and effectual; the paper was
to be manufactured in
England and sold to the col
onists at a tax of one or two
dollars. In addition to this,
the act said newspapers and
pamphlets were to be taxed.
An advertisement was to
pay the crown fifty cents; an
almanac eight cents; col
lege diplomas ten dollars
and a marriage license up to
fifteen dollars.
The colonists refused to
pay these taxes which
resulted in many clashes. It
was repealed June 13, 1766
when the crown decided it
could not enforce such a
law. It was the beginning of
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