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Thursday, January 17, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Forgotten People, Local History

Update on Arden: Some Notes on Enslaved Labor in Buncombe County

We’re posting an addendum to our Instagram post on Arden thanks to the really insightful question posed by local writer Ami Worthen (@amiwhoa) in the comments. Our original post read, “The painting featured depicts “Struan” a home built in the Arden area in 1847 by Alexander Robertson, a wealthy rice planter from South Carolina who
19th CenturyAlexander RobertsonArdenAshevilleBuncombe Countycivil rightsCivil Warenslaved peopleMapsSlave QuartersSouth Carolinatourism
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Thursday, November 09, 2017 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History

Baritone Singer Paul Robeson and the Segregation Policies of the Asheville Auditorium

Henry A. Wallace served as vice president of the U.S. under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941-1945. He made his final public action in a failed bid for the presidency of the U.S. in 1948. Still commanding a modest following from left-wing groups, he ran on the Progressive ticket, campaigning against Truman, the Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey, and the 
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