A proclamation by the governor of North Carolina

Item Information

• Description
  Proclamation by governor William Holden that Alamance County, North Carolina, is "in a state of insurrection." Describes assaults and hangings by armed bands, including of a schoolteacher; forced flight of county postmaster, and various crimes and general lawlessness. "Every citizen, of whatever party or color, must be absolutely free to express his political opinions, and must be safe in his own house. These outrages and these violations of law must and SHALL cease." Events known as Kirk-Holden War.

• Item ID
  bdsnc031696
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  North Carolina
  Alamance County (N.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  A proclamation by the governor of North Carolina
• Extent
  4 scans
• Date
  1870-03-07
• Folder
  NC3
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
  ephemera
• Subject
  Crime
  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  Race relations

• Copyright & Usage
  None