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Culpeper's Rebellion
Elizabeth City, NC
Culpeper and Durant led a revolt against British trade laws, seized the government 1677, 2 mi. SE.
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC
Founded in 1891 as Negro normal school.
First Assembly
In 1665 the Albemarle County Assembly, the initial lawmaking body in Carolina, met in this area.
Hugh Cale 1835-1910
Elizabeth City, NC
Sponsored the 1891 bill to establish present-day Elizabeth City State University; legislator, 1876-80, 1885, 1891.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City, NC
Governor, 1933-1937, friend of education, member of General Assembly, solicitor.
Joseph C. Price (1854-1893)
Elizabeth City, NC
Negro orator and teacher.
Mount Lebanon Church
Elizabeth City, NC
A.M.E. Zion. Organized about 1850 as mission to serve black Methodists.
Stephen B. Weeks
Historian, bibliographer, collector of North Carolina books and manuscripts, professor at Trinity College, 1891-93.