This episode continues the story of the Norris family from the previous episode "Little Runaway".
Leaving home seems to be family trait with these guys. This is a story of one Norris that didn't like the outcome of the American Civil War. So, he left...and took 20,000 people with him.
In 2020, their descendants haven't forgotten him.

This episode continues the story of the Norris family from the previous episode "Little Runaway". Leaving home seems to be family trait with these guys. This is a story of one Norris that didn't like the outcome of the American Civil War. So, he left...and took 20,000 people with him. In 2020, their descendants haven't forgotten him.

A Big Runaway and His 20,000 Brazil Nuts

One of the first descriptions of North Carolina by the English that would later colonize the area was given by Ralph Lane, the governor of the first attempted colony. In 1585, Gov. Lane referred to the land as "the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven" in his letters back to England.
This podcast will tell the stories of its history, help people see the connections, not only between its "officials" but also between people that history either forgot or chose not to listen to. 
We will tell their stories; the plantation owners, the enslaved people, the displaced native Americans...all of them

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One of the first descriptions of North Carolina by the English that would later colonize the area was given by Ralph Lane, the governor of the first attempted colony. In 1585, Gov. Lane referred to the land as "the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven" in his letters back to England. This podcast will tell the stories of its history, help people see the connections, not only between its "officials" but also between people that history either forgot or chose not to listen to. We will tell their stories; the plantation owners, the enslaved people, the displaced native Americans...all of them

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