Cape Fear Historian

January 1, 1866. It was the first Emancipation Day since the South lost the Civil War. It was the first to be celebrated since the ratificat...

On June 13, 2020, David Cecelski published a beautifully written piece about Thomas McKeller, an African American man, born in Wilmington,...

In recognition of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the 15th Amendment—and the 100th of the 19th Amendment—I’m planning on posti...

I recently gave a tour at Wilmington's historic  Oakdale Cemetery , with a focus on some of the women who were laid to rest there.  ...

In June, 2010 I went to Savannah as a part of an National Endowment for the Humanities funded Summer Seminar program. These programs are ...