Exploring The Cape Fear: A Revolutionary Road Trip

A Revolutionary Road Trip to the Cape Fear In today’s American Nomad adventure, we’re embarking on a Revolutionary Road Trip through North Carolina’s Cape Fear region. From the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765 through the American Revolution, Wilmington, Brunswick Town, and the greater Cape Fear area stood at ground zero for patriot resistance and the […]

Revolutionary Cape Fear: The Fires of Liberty (1767-1776)

In our last American Nomad Historical Adventure, we traveled back to 1765-66, during the pivotal Cape Fear Stamp Act Crisis. In the Fall of 1765 to the Spring of 1766, Wilmington and neighboring Brunswick Town were a hotbed of resistance against the despised British Stamp Act, which imposed a tax on all paper goods, from […]