Research Guides: Literature: The Lowerys of Robeson County

Description
Sketch of Henry Berry Lowery and his gang in the swamp.

Date
undated

Call Number
984.1.j.9

Additional Resources

Subject(s)
Lowry, Henry Berry
Swamps--North Carolina

Finding Aid
North Carolina History Slide Collection

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Description
A member of the Lowery gang uses a firearm while hiding behind a boat. Caption at bottom reads: A shrewd manoeuvre.

Date
undated

Call Number
984.1.j.27

Additional Resources

Subject(s)
Lowry, Henry Berry--Family
Firearms--North Carolina

Finding Aid
North Carolina History Slide Collection

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in this folder in this box in this collection

Historical Newspapers

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Books

To Die Game by W. McKee Evans
ISBN: 9780815603597
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
During the Civil War, many young Lumbee Indians of North Carolina hid in the swamps to avoid conscription into Confederate labour battalions and carried on a running guerilla war. This is the story of Henry Berry Lowry, a Lumbee who killed a Confederate official, escaped, and ran a guerilla gang.
The Lowrys; Robert and Mary Lowry and Their Children (Six Generations) . . by Lucian Hezekiah Emmett] 1863-19 [Lowry (Created by)
ISBN: 1355445973
Publication Date: 2016-05-04
The Lowrie History by Mary C. Norment
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1112493557
Publication Date: 2009-09-19
Originally published in 1909. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
The Only Land I Know by Adolph L. Dial; David K. Eliades
Call Number: NC Stacks E99.C91 D52 1996
ISBN: 0815603606
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
Written from an Indian perspective, this text provides a history of the Lumbee Indians of southwestern North Carolina. Sections cover: the colonial period and the Revolutionary War; the Lowrie War; the development of the Lumbee educational system; Lumbee folklore; and the modern Lumbee.
The Legend of Henry Berry Lowrie by Warren Reichel
Call Number: NC Roberts PS3618.E523 L44 2015
ISBN: 9781495949685
Publication Date: 2014-06-27
The LEGEND of Henry Berry Lowrie is a NEW TELLING of the 150 year old story of a real American Robin Hood, a blue-eyed North Carolina Indian who robbed rich plantations and gave the contraband to the poor: while terrorizing the Ku Klux Klan.