Harry L. Watson, Ph.D., Atlanta distinguished professor of southern culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss the early history of the Albemarle region. You've heard of the Lost Colony, but who came after? As early as the 1650s, footloose Virginians began building homes along the Albemarle Sound. Some rejoiced to find "the goodliest soile under the cope of heaven," but irate officials denounced the settlement as a "rogues' harbor." So, who was right? Learn more about North Carolina's second wave of newcomers in this introduction to the 17th-century Albemarle.
History for Lunch is offered in-person and virtually via Zoom.