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ROTC students view Civil War exhibit at NCSU, 1960

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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 Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University) in 1960, roughly one hundred years…

Proceedings of the Faculty, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, October 6, 1856

Proceedings of the Faculty Regarding Benjamin S. Hedrick's Actions, October 6, 1856, Page 1

Monday October 6th. 1856

The Faculty met under a summons from the President at 12 o'clock. A.M.

All the members were present.

The President stated to the Faculty, that in accordance with the course which he deemed his duty to pursue, with…

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

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OPINION BY: BROWN

OPINION

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case turns upon the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, passed in 1890, providing for…

Census Record of Thomas Day, 1850

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This document presents the census record for Thomas Day, a free black man, taken during 1850 in Caswell County. The census listed not only how many free people lived within a certain area, but it also showed how many slaves each person owned. Thomas…

Southern Claim of David Norris, July 29, 1876

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I heard that a rebel command...took property from [John Horton] on account of his being reported as a union man.

I have heard of [John Horton] doing all he could for the union cause, but nothing against it. I heard when his son James W. Horton…

Southern Claim of John Horton, April 1876

My Sympathies were on the side of the Union at the beginning and close of the war.
During the war, I fed and protected union men who were deserting from the rebel army and going through the hills to join the union army.
I took the…

Southern Claim of Rittenhouse Baird, February 14, 1878

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I aided one who I was well acquainted with by the name of W. R. Shull. I signed a petition and used all the influence I could and helped to prevent the Rebel army from shooting him, and they did not carry out their sentence.
…I was glad to hear of…

The House Joint Resolution proposing the 14th amendment to the Constitution, June 16, 1866

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AMENDMENT XIV

Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall…

The House Joint Resolution proposing the 15th amendment to the Constitution, December 7, 1868

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Fortieth Congress of the United States of America;

At the third Session, Begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

A Resolution Proposing an amendment to the…

Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Testimony of Giles Leitch, July 31, 1871

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GILES LEITCH sworn and examined.

The Chairman, (Mr. Pool.) As this witness was called at the instance of the minority of this committee, Mr. Blair will please commence his examination.

By Mr. Blair:
Question. Where do you reside?

Answer: I…