Dr. Arwin Smallwood, Chair of NC A&T State University History and Political Science Department The Slave Deeds of Guilford County Community Interview Series
Released: February 21, 2020
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Interview Timestamps:
0:00 Intro - Blood and Bones by Our Native Daughters
1:05 What peaked your interest in History?
2:32 "If you don't do it, no one else will"
3:02 Significance of Indian Woods in North Carolina History
4:50 Life in the tri-racial Indian Woods community
6:55 Tuscarora Indians, The Six Nations, Iroquois Confederacy and Opposition to Slavery
9:02 Pre-Colombus and Colonial Period Indian Nations in North America and North Carolina
12:26 Conflict and technology influences between European settlers and Native peoples
15:33 Trade and Intermarriage for Power in Native Culture and with European Settlements
17:08 Native American internal divisions, loss of sovereignty, Colonial Influences
21:39 Why Slave Deeds are so Important?
25:00 Researching Enslaved People and Descendants
26:54 The Importance of Slave Deeds from East to West North Carolina
31:25 Significance of Community Collaboration
33:00 Credits
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Music:
Blood and Bones - Our Native Daughters