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The Lowry War ends in 1874 North Carolina...
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The Lowry War ends in 1874 North Carolina...

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NEW YORK HERALD, March 8, 1874

  • North Carolina resistance
  • Lowry War ends - Pembroke
  • Steve Lowry killed

The Lowry War is a notable event in North Carolina history. Led by Henry Berry Lowry, whose father and brother were murdered by men of the Confederate Home Guard, a band of American Indian, White and African-American men waged a guerrilla war against the white establishment from 1864 to 1872. He and his gang attained a kind of mythic status. In 1874, after the death of Steve Lowry at the hands of bounty hunters, the Lowry War ended.
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE SWAMP ANGELS" "Scuffletown's Barbarous Outlaws at Length Annihilated" "Steve Lowery Shot" "His Remains Carried in Triumph to Lumberton" and more. Text takes up a full column.
Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.