[John S Mosby]

Regarded as backward by those high falooting states— even though NC gave more of their sons, fathers, and brothers lives in the wbts. The “Tar Heels”. Would venture few could explain why a “tar baby” could never be “black”— such is the misinformation of this part of Southern history.

[RegulatorCountry]

Large portions of the state didn’t really want to secede but once surrounded practical reality set in, and in for a penny, in for a pound. They gave their all.

[Rebelbase]

"Would venture few could explain why a “tar baby” could never be “black”"

Just a few miles south of the NC border along the coast: