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For research into later time periods in Goldsboro and surrounding Wayne County:
Wayne County Museum. https://www.waynemuseum.org
For further research into North Carolina history during this time period:
Biles, R. 2007. "Tobacco Towns: Urban Growth and Economic Development in Eastern North Carolina," The North Carolina Historical Review 84(2): 156–190. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23522906
Kay, M. L. M., & Cary, L. L. 1986. "Slave Runaways in Colonial North Carolina, 1748-1775," The North Carolina Historical Review 63(1): 1–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23518609
Taylor, R. H. 1928. "Slave Conspiracies in North Carolina," The North Carolina Historical Review 5(1): 20–34. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23516312