To the freemen of Iredell County

Item Information

• Description
  Circular from Joseph M. Bogle, North Carolina state legislator, to constituents in Iredell County, summarizing activities during recent session. Includes: taxation and finance (states that "North Carolina has in past times wasted thousands of dollars on useless projects of improvement"); establishment of branch of Supreme Court in Statesville; his opposition to recently passed bill banning teaching slaves to read and write; Bank of North Carolina; loan to University of North Carolina; homestead bill; constitutional convention.

• Item ID
  bdsnc011617
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  North Carolina
  Iredell County (N.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  To the freemen of Iredell County
• Extent
  2 scans
• Date
  1831-01-08
• Folder
  NC1
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  Politics and government
  Slavery
  Commerce
  Education

• Copyright & Usage
  None