Princeville

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Princeville is a historic town in North Carolina recognized as one of the first communities in the United States incorporated by formerly enslaved African Americans.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Princeville canonical 3

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic African-American town ⓘ
town ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasDemographicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
hasEvent repeated flooding events ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic African-American community ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early example of Black political autonomy in the United States ⓘ
symbol of African-American resilience after slavery ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly African-American community ⓘ
hasRiskFactor vulnerability to river flooding ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
incorporatedAsMunicipalityBy formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Edgecombe County ⓘ
locatedInRegion Coastal Plain of North Carolina ⓘ
Eastern North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Tarboro, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tar River ⓘ
notableFor African-American self-governance after the Civil War ⓘ
being one of the first U.S. towns incorporated by formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ
partOf American South ⓘ
Reconstruction-era African-American communities ⓘ
roadAccessVia U.S. and state highways in Edgecombe County ⓘ
subjectOf African-American history studies ⓘ
U.S. Reconstruction history ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edgecombe County → hasSettlement → Princeville ⓘ
Route 116 → passesThrough → Princeville ⓘ