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The North-Carolina Reader. Number III. Prepared, With Special Reference to the Wants and Interests of North Carolina Author: WILEY, Calvin H. Title: The North-Carolina Reader. Number III. Prepared, With Special Reference to the Wants and Interests of North Carolina Publication: New York: A.S. Barnes & Burr, 1860 Description: Octavo, 8 x 5.5", original brown cloth with brown morocco spine, gilt spine titles, [2], 6, 3-251 pp. A school textbook for North Carolina students, one of a series of three authored by Calvin H. Wiley, a pioneering North Carolina educator. Wiley was the first superintendent of North Carolina Common Schools, working to reorganize and expand the school such that literacy increased and North Carolina became an education leader among Southern states. The book was first published in 1851; this is the third, revised edition. The reader contains descriptions of the various cities and regions of the state, statistical information, and a series of North Carolina themed essays and poems including "importance of female society in improvement of mind and formation of character" and "advantages of state pride". The text prints statistics regarding enslaved persons in the state, and stresses that that state should be welcoming to farmers of all stripes, including slaveowners. Another section covers a planned July, 1775 slave rebellion, emphasizing the violent intentions of the would-be participants and criticizing their British supporters: "they had been directed to fall, on the night of the 8th, on the white family in which they resided; and after destroying it, to set fire to the buildings, and proceed thus from plantation to plantation...This plan agrees with that suggested by the celebrated Samuel Johnson, a distinguished English critic, but a hateful bigot and uniform defender of tyranny." Seven in OCLC for this 1860 edition. A good copy with toning and foxing, occasional damp staining to pages, wear to covers with chip to lower spine leather. Seller ID: 12904 Subject: Southern Caroliniana Rare Books Antiquarian and collectible books, primitives and antiques. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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