Henry Berry Lowrie or "Lowry" (c. 1845 to Unknown led a gang in
North Carolina during and after the
American Civil War. He is sometimes viewed as a
Robin Hood type figure, especially by the
Lumbee people, who consider him a Native American ancestor and a pioneer in the fight for
civil rights and tribal
self-determination. Lowrie was described by
George Alfred Townsend, a correspondent for the
New York Herald in the late 19th century, as “[o]ne of those remarkable executive spirits that arises now and then in a raw community without advantages other than those given by nature."