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Site of the first annual conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1785, hosted in home of Green Hill, minister, one mi. S.
Confederate shipyard and outfitting station which completed the ironclad steam sloop Raleigh in 1863. Site is three blocks west.
Est. by African American landowners, here, during segregation. Until 1962 was destination for Black families. Offered dining, lodging, and recreation.
State recognized in 1971. Waccommasus, historical name. Known as People of the Falling Star. Tribal headquarters, 2 mi. E.
African American pastor, Central Baptist Church, 1897-1898, nearby. Was community leader. Wrote key eyewitness account of 1898 Wilmington Coup.
Saint Helena, est. in 1905 as an agricultural colony for Italians, was populated, 1923-1932, by immigrants from Russia & the Ukraine. In 1932, led by John Boruch, their priest, they built this house of worship in the traditional Byzantine style.
Was enslaved Bellamy plasterer. Escaped 1862 and joined Union navy. Kept detailed war diary. Lived 2 blocks north.
Large Confederate fort, remains here. After a strong Union attack it was evacuated on Feb. 18, 1865, resulting in the fall of Wilmington.
Armed white mob met at armory here, Nov. 10, 1898. Marched six blocks and burned office of Daily Record, black-owned newspaper. Violence left untold numbers of African Americans dead. Led to overthrow of city government & installation of coup leader as mayor. Was part of a statewide political campaign based on calls for white supremacy and the exploitation of racial prejudice.
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany lived, 1939-46, at agricultural colony founded in 1909 and revived by Alvin Johnson. Two mi. SW.