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Talking points Nov. 17

p 237-8 What did Albion mean by “I am going to find out if North Carolina is our future”?

p. 239-40 US military, uncomfortably balanced between the roles of helping and that of occupying protectorate. No masters. No slaves. An abundance of animosity, accompanied by alarming episodes of brutality toward white and liberated slaves. What was the position of governor Holden on carpet beggars and “the weaker race”?

p. 241-44 Is there a parallel between Emma and Albion’s relationship and that between the white Northerner migrants and the black North Carolina residents?

p.44-46 What was Albion’s idea about how the Freedmen’s Bureau was supposed to work?

p. 247-8 What did the North Carolina legislature’s first post war session achieve?

249-50 What was Albion’s political debut ? His political speech at Coble’s Schoolhoue.

250-254 What happened to Albion in the North?

255-56 What was the outcome of the Conference?

257-58. How did he feel about working on the commission to rewrite North Carolina’s entire civil code?