Sladesville

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Sladesville is an unincorporated community in Hyde County, North Carolina. [1] It was incorporated as a town January 27, 1849. [2] There was a Sladesville Ginning Company [3] and a Sladesville Transportation Company. [4] There was a community school for white students and Hyde County Training School was established for African Americans. [5]

Fletcher A. Manning wrote about the community in his memoir. [6]

In the 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions it was listed as unincorporated and noted under Currituck Township. [7] There is a Sladesville-Credle Road.

References

  1. ↑ "Sladesville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ The Laws of North-Carolina, Enacted in the Year. J. Turner. 1849.
  3. ↑ Report of the Corporation Commission. State Printers. 1915.
  4. ↑ Biennial Report. 1921.
  5. ↑ Along Freedom Road: Hyde County, North Carolina, and the Fate of Black Schools in the South. Univ of North Carolina Press. November 9, 2000. ISBN   9780807860731.
  6. ↑ Fletcher A. Manning: A Life in Service. Tate. May 2010. ISBN   9781606964866.
  7. ↑ via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1940_Census_Enumeration_District_Descriptions_-_North_Carolina_-_Hyde_County_-_ED_48-1,_ED_48-2,_ED_48-3,_ED_48-4,_ED_48-5_-_NARA_-_5873300.jpg

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