I look forward to the remainder of your post, as my ancestors were free people of color from this community. I've been looking for additional information about this particular Fayetteville community and was delighted to see that you'd found something from an old newspaper.

I don't have access to old North Carolina newspapers here in Washington, DC, and so can only view them when I go on research trips to North Carolina. So if you find other similar newspaper articles, please share them--I'll be at least one set of eyes eager to see what you post!