The State of North Carolina - CRISWELL-117 - Obsolete Banknote - Currency

Governor Zebulon Vance. Justice at left. Red and Black. CR-117. Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.

A prolific writer and noted public speaker, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods. As a leader of the New South, Vance favored the rapid modernization of the Southern economy, railroad expansion, school construction, and reconciliation with the North. In addition, he frequently spoke out against antisemitism. Although historians consider Vance progressive for his era, he was also a slave owner and is now regarded a racist. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Baird_Vance