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Commentary

For the Commentary section, historians offer explicit interpretations of the past. Commentaries are intended to spark historical discussions and questions; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the North Carolina History Project or its staff. Commentaries are frequently added.

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The State of Franklin: Mountain Secession and Independent Thought

In North Carolina, regionalism has existed since day one.  In August 1784, western North Carolinians established the State of Franklin—“the only de facto state that functioned in every aspect of statal power,” writes historian Samuel Cole Williams.  After a civil war in the mountains, however, the “Lost State of Franklin” ceased in February 1789.

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