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Concord, North Carolina

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A city and the county-seat of Cabarrus county, North Carolina, U.S.A., on the Rocky river, about 150 m. W.S.W. of Raleigh. Pop. (1890) 4339; (1900) 7910, of whom 1789 were negroes. It is served by the Southern railway. Concord is situated in a cotton-growing region, and its chief interest is in the manufacture of cotton goods. The city is the seat of Scotia seminary (for negro girls), founded in 1870 and under the care of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen, Pittsburg, Pa. Concord was laid out in 1793 and was first incorporated in 1851.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Concord, North Carolina'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/concord-north-carolina.html. 1910.
 
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