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About William Waightstill Avery
William Waightstill Avery was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons and State Senate prior to the U.S. Civil War. He represented North Carolina in the Provisional Confederate Congress. He was an outspoken advocate of higher education, graduate of the University of North Carolina and member of the Board of Trustees of the university. Avery owned a number of slaves, including 22 whom he inherited from his father.
Everything about William Waightstill Avery →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- member of the North Carolina House of Commons, member of the North Carolina Senate
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 25, 1816
- Died
- July 3, 1864