EDENTON, N.C. (WITN ... Historians say on October 25th, 1774, rather than hiding in the dark of night as happened with the Boston Tea Party, Penelope Barker and the group of 51 women snubbed ...

North Carolina in October 1774, who decide to refuse to buy from the British because of their high taxes and laws. They burn their tea in what becomes known as, “The Edenton Tea Party.” ...

I love the beauty and history of Edenton. The town had its own tea party protest. It occurred in 1774 when Penelope Barker led 50 leading local ladies in signing a pledge to stop using tea as part ...

Ship owner and merchant Joseph Hewes was his name. Did you know that Edenton was the site of "the other tea party?" Penelope Barker helped put Edenton on the map in 1744 when she led a group of ...

organizer of the Edenton Tea Party. Way back on Oct. 23, 1774, 51 women signed their names to a petition resolving not to buy or use British goods. It was one of the first political actions by ...

Edenton was the site of the Edenton Tea Party, the Oct. 25, 1774, gathering of 51 leading women from five northeast North Carolina counties who signed a petition protesting highly taxed British goods.