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Tax Records for Caswell County, 1847

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These tax records show the amount of land Thomas Day had, the number of slaves he owned, and the amount of taxes owed to the government. Within these tax records, Thomas Day owned slaves, which is different that the 1846 tax records. This shows that…

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"A Lesson in Geography," Raleigh News and Observer, June 26, 1900

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A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY

VIRGINIA CONVENTION CALLED TO DISFRANCHISE ALL NEGROES

TENNESSEE NEGROES HAVE NO VOICE IN POLITICS

GEORGIA NEGROES NOT IN IT

SOUTH CAROLINA ALL NEGROES DISFRANCHISED

"Why the Radicals are Mad," Raleigh News and Observer, June 24, 1900

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WHY THE RADICALS ARE MAD

Dead Negro
Eighteen Years Old
Imported
Convict

The Members of Their Party That Will Not Be Able to Vote Under the New Election Law.

"Senator Butler at Morganton," Raleigh News and Observer, June 19, 1900

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Senator Butler at Morganton Why he Doesn't Know a White Child from a Mullato. (Special to News and Observer) MORGANTON, N.C., June 18. - The mother of the mulatto child, who was taken up in his arms by Senator Butler on Saturday, is named Moffitt.…

"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900

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The Winston Situation Holton & Co., has a Democratic Registrar arrested by a Federal Deputy Marshal because he will not register negro boys.

Untitled Cartoon, Raleigh News and Observer, July 8, 1900

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This is the situation that we would have if the incendiary advice that Knight of Wake, Gill of Vance, McNeill of Wilkes, and other Fusion leaders are giving, should be followed by the Negroes.

"As Fusionists Think it Will Be," Raleigh News and Observer, June 27, 1900

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AS FUSIONISTS THINK IT WILL BE. "WHALE REGISTRARS AND POLL-HOLDERS." Incendiary Advice Given to Negroes by a Fusion Black and Tan Leader. State of North Carolina -- Wake County Charles T. Hester being duly sworn says that he had a conversation…

"He Doesn't Like to Let Go," Raleigh News and Observer, May 26, 1900

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During the campaigns of 1898 and 1900, political cartoonist Norman Jennett created a number of viciously racist depictions of African Americans for inclusion in the Raleigh News and Observer, a newspaper which was sympathetic to the Democratic Party…