Topics Related to Bladen County

Muslim slave & scholar. African-born, he penned autobiography in Arabic, 1831. Lived in Bladen County and worshipped with local Presbyterians.

Service across Cape Fear River since 1905. Among the last of inland river ferries once common in eastern N.C. One mi. SW.

An installation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Initiated modern park improvements. Est. here 1935; closed 1942.

Began in N.C. as Young Tar Heel Farmers, 1928, to promote vocational agriculture in schools. Camp here since 1928.

Naturalists John and William Bartram, in 1765 and later, used their kinsman's house, Ashwood, as operating base. Stood 2 mi. E.

Whigs broke Tory power in Bladen Co., August, 1781, driving them into Tory Hole, 50 yards N.

Governor, 1828-1830; state legislator; and Whig party leader. His home stood 4 miles NW.