11. The summers became more or less marked by great assemblages in the protracted or "camp-meetings." They were, to the devout, seasons of religious devotion, but to the young and thoughtless, opportunities for courtship and social enjoyment.
QUESTIONS.
1. What three classes of society existed in North Carolina in 1842?
2. What action was taken by the Convention of 1835 in regard to free negroes?
3. What is said of this class of our population?
4. How did our people view the question of slavery?
5. What privileges were denied the slaves? Why?
6. What would probably have been the final result in North Carolina?
7. What had the Northern States done with their slaves? How was the South compelled to act?
8. What educational progress was being made?