Groups Name
Where They Came From
Place in NC
Why?
Date
Moravians
Moravia-Now part of Czech Republic of Europe
Pennslyvania,
Bethania, and Salem
Sought
religious
freedom
1752
Highland Scots
Highlands of Scottland
The Sandhills

1745
Germans
Germany
Philadelphia

1690
English Quakers
England
Pennslyvania

1760s
African Slaves
Brought by others
Africa
They were slaves of others people.
1747
Native Americans
The backcountry
Americas
To find new lands
1750s
Scots-Irish
Ireland
Pennslyvania, Yadkin and Catawaba Rivers, Salisburg, Statesville, and Charlotte.
New land and Religious
freedom
1600s.