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"Public Meeting in Wake County," North Carolina Standard, August 5, 1863
Public Meeting in Wake County At a meeting of the people of Little River District, Wake County, Held at Rosenburg on the 24th July, on motion of B.T. Strickland, Dr. G. M. Cooley was called to the chair, and Harrington Daniel was appointed…
"Read and Circulate!," 1872
CONVERSATION BETWEEN A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRAT OF THE RANK AND FILE. Republican. Well, neighbor Democrat, how do you stand on politics now a days? Democrat. I am a Democrat still. R. Going to support the Democratic ticket and endorse the acts of…
Tags: Constitution, Democrat, Government, reconstruction, Suffrage
"Register Lyons' Ringing Letter." Richmond Planet, November 10, 1898
REGISTER LYONS’ RINGING LETTER.
HE SPEAKS PLAINLY OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE CAROLINAS.
The Arguments of the Apologists Demolished.
An Able Defense of the Colored People.---No Negro Rule in the South.
REVOLUTIONISTS IN WILMINGTON PAY…
"Registration for Reconstruction," April 11, 1867
If the convention shall vote that it is the wish of the people to frame a constitution they shall proceed to frame the instrument which is then to be submitted to the registered voters for their adoption, the original registering officers still to…
"Registration Scenes," September 28, 1867
REGISTRATION SCENES. We give on this page one of the scenes lately made familiar in the South—a registration, not an election, scene. The late slaves of the South have exhibited unusual interest in the work of registration, their first…
"Reorganization of States," June 17, 1865
That the loyal freemen of a rebellious State who have fought bravely for the Government should be disfranchised, when the victory is won, by those in the same State who have fought against it, and who yield because they are conquered, not because…
Tags: Government, North Carolina
"Reply by Governor Ellis to request by United States Secretary of War for troops from North Carolina", April 14, 1861
War Department Washington, April 15, 1861 - (Teleghaphie [sic]) To Gov. Ellis Call made on you by to night's mail for two Regiments of Military for immediate service. Simon Cameron Secretary of War Reply.Executive Department Raleigh, April 15, 1861…
"Report of Fredrick Olmsted," 1860
I stopped last night at the pleasantest house I have yet seen in the mountain; a framed house, painted white, with a log kitchen attached. The owner was a man of superior standing. I judged from the public documents and law books on his table, that…
"Report of the Services Rendered by the Freed People to the United States Army in North Carolina," 1864
"I commenced my work with the freed people of color, in North Carolina, at Roanoke Island, soon after the battle of the 8th of February, 1862, which resulted so gloriously for our country.
A party of fifteen or twenty of these loyal blacks, men,…
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Slavery/Slaves, Soldiers
"Republican Meeting in Ashe County," August 28, 1867
..in support of the Republican party, urging the necessity of unity in the Republican ranks, when the committee returned and reported through their Chairman, C. Younce the following preamble and resolutions which were unanimously adopted: Whereas, we…
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"Grand Democratic Rally," Raleigh News and Observer, May 13, 1898
On May 12, 1898, the Democratic Party of North Carolina held its first campaign rally in Laurinburg N.C. Following the procession of a band and…