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World renowned supplier of medicinal herbs, barks, berries & roots. Est. by Jewish immigrants, 1871. One block NW until 1942.

Nationally known writer, humorist, & civil rights advocate. Published The Carolina Israelite, 1944-1968. Lived 1 block N.E.

Advocate for extending voting rights to women, 1920; reformer active in labor, race, Jewish causes. Home was here.

Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany lived, 1939-46, at agricultural colony founded in 1909 and revived by Alvin Johnson. Two mi. SW.

Confederate atty. gen., secretary of war & of state; first Jewish U.S. Senator, 1853 (La.). Boyhood home was here.

Erected 1875-6. First house of worship built in North Carolina by the Jews. Congregation established in 1867.

First Jewish member of N.C. legislature, 1808. Delivered a landmark address on religious freedom. Lived here.

Scientist; Jewish native of Prague. Led metallurgy experiments, 1585-86, at the first Roanoke colony near here. Part of Lane's English expedition.