Chatham County, North Carolina in 1771 from Orange County. It had been named in 1758 for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who served as British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768 and opposed harsh colonial policies. In 1907, parts of Chatham County and Moore County were combined to form Lee County. While not devoted to large plantations, the county was developed for small farms, where slave labor was integral to the owners' productivity and success. By 1860 one-third of the county population were African Americans, chiefly enslaved. George Moses Horton, Historic Poet Laureate of Chatham County, (1797?-1883) lived most of his life enslaved
The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Monk Who Became Chief Minister The Monk Who Became Chief Minister is a biography of Yogi Adityanath, the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. It is written by Shantanu Gupta, an Indian Author and Political Analyst. The book has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing, India and came out on August 25, 2017. The cover of the biography was released on 23 July 2017 at an event of CREDAI at Lucknow. The biography has four sections. The first section is about the current role of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister of Uttar pradesh and his first days in office.