Immigration (29)

by Fields, William C. Argyll Colony by William C. Fields, 2006 See also: Scottish Settlers; Highland Scots; Cape Fear Valley Scottish Festival; Highland Games; Gaelic Language; Crofter Immigration Argyll [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. "China Connection," a term referring to North Carolina's relationship with China, was used in the state for a century following the 1847 arrival in Shanghai of Matthew T. Yates of Wake County as a [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Caudill, William S. The failed immigration of tenant farmers, or crofters, from the Scottish Highlands to the Sandhills region of eastern North Carolina in 1884 is one of the most peculiar instances of European [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Porter, Matthew C. The English language in North Carolina has been growing and evolving since 1584, when the first English explorers to visit North America came to the Outer Banks, making it the first place in the New [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Steelman, Lala Carr. Exodusters were African Americans who fled North Carolina because of economic and political grievances after the Reconstruction era. Although there was a steady trickle of Black emigrants from the [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Homrighaus, Ruth E. Fraktur is a form of folk art imported by Pennsylvania German immigrants to North Carolina in the eighteenth century. Fraktur's central feature is elaborate lettering based on the German gothic [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Caudill, William S. Gaelic Language by William S. Caudill, 2006 See also: Highland Games; Highland Scots; Scottish Settlers; Cape Fear Valley Scottish Festival; Argyll [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. I talked with Marta Galvez at her home in Morganton, a small city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I remembered Morganton as a quiet furniture-making town, the sort of place that didn't [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)

by Cain, Robert J. Immigrant Colonies by Robert J. Cain, 2006 See also: Argyll Colony; Crofter Immigration; Moravians; Swiss and Palatine Settlers; [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Immigrants land at Ellis Island This image shows immigrants disembarking from a ship and walking along the pier at Ellis Island, sometime between 1910 and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Holland, Ron, DiNome, William G., Williams, Wiley J., Linn, Jo White, Justesen, Benjamin R. Immigration by Ron Holland and Wiley J. Williams, 2006; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 Additional research provided by William G. DiNome, Benjamin R. Justesen, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Spindel, Donna J. Indentured servants were white Europeans of modest means who for various reasons wanted to go to the British colonies but could not pay the cost of their passage. During the colonial period, a [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Lamm, Alan K. Latino People in North Carolina by Alan K. Lamm, 2006; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, May 2023 Latino people, also referred to as Latinos or Hispanics, lived in North [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Walser, Richard. John MacRae, Loyalist poet and song-writer, born in Kintain, Scotland, was a recognized Gaelic poet and singer before sailing for North Carolina in 1774 and settling on McLendons Creek (now in Moore [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Powell, William S. Melungeons are descendants of people of mixed ethnic ancestry who, before the end of the eighteenth century, were discovered living in limited areas of what is now the southeastern United States, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)