Independent People, An: The Way We Lived in North Carolina 1770 - 1820 by Harry Watson. 1983. Hardcover. (LF)

American Revolution died away, North Carolinians continued to work out

the meaning of independence in the fabric of their daily lives. This

book describes how these efforts toward independence left their marks on

public and private life. It is the second volume in The Way We Lived in

North Carolina, a pioneering series that uses historic places as

windows to the past.

Locations used to illuminate this early period range from the Town Creek Indian Mound to Governor Tryon's Palace. Sites include not only colonial plantations, churches, and forts, but also frontier cabins, wilderness parks, historic trails, and Indian settlements.