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- Collection: Prewar North Carolina
"The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years -- Chapter Second," ca. 1849
I enter now upon a new development of wrongs and woes which I, as a slave, was called to undergo. I must go back some two or three years from the time when my master died, and I was sold to Owen Holmes.The bitterness of persecution which master Jones…
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina with Additions and Explanatory Notes.
“But this government was created to wage no such war against us. It was made by the states for their protection, and that of their existing institutions. They intended to invest it with no powers to destroy their existing state of society or to…
"Speech of T. N. Crumpler, On Federal Relations," January 10, 1861
SPEECH
OF
T. N. CRUMPLER,
OF ASHE,
ON FEDERAL RELATIONS,
DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JAN. 10, 1861.
RALEIGH:
PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE RALEIGH REGISTER.
1861.
Page 1
SPEECH.
THE House being in Committee of the…
State v. Mann (1829)
The master is not liable to an indictment for a battery committed upon his slave. One who has a right to the labor of a slave, has also a right to all the means of controlling his conduct which the owner has. Hence one who has hired a slave is not…
First Draft of Thomas Ruffin's Decision in State v. Mann, 1830
State v. Mann This is one of those cases which a Court will always regret being brought into judgement--One in which principles of policy urge the Judge to a decision in discord wiht the feelings of the man. But intil the condition of our population…
Articles of Agreement between Benjamin Chambers and Thomas Ruffin, October 26, 1821
The said parties here agree and do hereby agree to carry on together & as copartners the purchasing of slaves & selling the same, upon the following terms. ___ the said Ruffin is to put in & hath at the execution of these presents put in as his part…
Letter of Thomas Ruffin to Archibald Murphey, October 29, 1831
Dear Sir,
The occasion of the least ___ is a source of much pain to me, after the intimate intercourse, which has ___ under diversity of fortune through a great number of years. I am sure, that I would not willingly or rather inconceivably do an…
Ledger of Thomas Ruffin, 1825
Name Age Sale Price ($) Anne 20 475 Charles 17 600 Celia & 3 Children 1100 Alphonse 17 550 Little Charles & 2 cisters (sic)…
Letter of Thomas Ruffin to Anne Ruffin, January 29, 1833
Raleigh, January 29th 1833
My dearest Anne,
By Sunday’s mail I received Catherine’s letter; which being without date, I suppose was written for three days late, insomuch as it said nothing about ___ ___ nor of your intentions about the…
Second Draft of Thomas Ruffin's Decision in State v. Mann, 1830
State Vs. Mann
It is to be lamented when such cases as the present are brought into judgment. It is impossible that the reasons on which they go can be appreciated, but when institutions similar to our own exist and are thoroughly understood.…
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ROTC students view Civil War exhibit at NCSU, 1960
In this photograph, two Reserve Officers' Training Corps students view a Civil War exhibit at D. H. Hill Library at North Carolina State College of…