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A Journey in the Back Country, 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…
Tags: Antislavery/Abolition
A Voice from Rebel Prisons, 1865
Tags: Battle Description, Prisons, Race relations, Soldiers
Albatross recaptured Enchantress off Hatteras Inlet, July 22, 1861
Defense of the Negro Race----Charges Answered. Speech of Hon. George H. White, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 29, 1901
© This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. DEFENSE OF THE NEGRO…
Dred Scott v John Sandford
DISSENT
Mr. Justice McLEAN dissenting.
This case is before us on a writ of error from the Circuit Court for the district of Missouri.
An action of trespass was brought, which charges the defendant with an assault and imprisonment of the plaintiff,…
Tags: Slave Law, Slavery/Slaves
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself, 1861
V.THE TRIALS OF GIRLHOOD.
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Though this seemed to me no more than right, I was grateful for it, and…
Tags: Antislavery/Abolition
Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina General Assemble at its Adjourned Session 1900, Raleigh, June 12, 1900
(Section 1.) Every male person born in the United Sates, and every male person who has be naturalized, twenty-one years of age, and possessing the qualifications set out in this Article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people in the…
Tags: State Government
Mary scuttled and burned near Lockwood
Memoirs of W. W. Holden (1911)
Executive Department, Raleigh,
December 16, 1869.
To the Honorable, the General Assembly of North Carolina.
Gentlemen: — Allow me respectfully and earnestly to call your attention to the necessity which exists for such amendments to the…
North Carolina and the Coming of the Civil War, William C. Harris
Tags: North Carolina, pre-war, Secession
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Hinton Rowan Helper, 1829-1909
Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909), a bitter and staunch racist, was the author of one of the greatest and most influential books on antislavery of his…