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"Anson County Petition for Convention", January 1861
To his Excellency John W. Ellis We, the undersigned, Petitioners, of the county of Anson, without respect to party, or party predilections, being convinced that the exigencies of the times and the scenes that are being enacted around us, almost…
"Governor's Correspondence: Arkansas Resolutions", March 28, 1861
Little Rock, March 29, 1861 To His Excellency, J.W. Ellis Governor of the State of North Carolina Sir:- By the fifth of the Series of Resolutions which I have the honor herewith to transmit to you, and which were adopted by the State Convention of…
"General Assembly Resolutions submitted and referred to committee", January 1861
Jan. 7, 1861. Resolved that the Governor be requested to inform the Senate if any portion of the citizens of North Carolina have consulted with him upon the propriety of taking possession of the United States forts in North Carolina or any one of…
"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…
"Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point," April 12 and 14, 1861
West Point N.Y. April 12, 1861
Dear Father Since,
I last wrote you [ev]ents have been daily occuring which leads to the conviction that there will be no compromise, and that the border states will be compelled to secede however unwilling they may…
James Rumley, Diary Entry, March 13, 1862
On the morning of Thursday the 13th. Of March 1862, the inhabitants of Beaufort were aroused by the sound of heavy cannonading in the direction of New Bern, which continued, with slight intermissions, for several hours. This, together with the…
James Rumley, Diary Entry, March 25, 1863
"The Oath of Allegiance."
A most discusting subject to the loyal citizens of this county, is the “Oath of Allegiance†reguired by the Federal authorities to place the citizens rectus in curia with them. Every intelligent citizen knowns that his…
James Rumley, Diary Entry, January 1, 1863
The sudden enfranchisement of an entire servile race, millions in number, living in the midst of the superior race, where the relation has subsisted for ages, and forming a part of the household of thousands of families, would be regarded, we would…
"A Lesson in Geography," Raleigh News and Observer, June 26, 1900
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
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
Jim Billy Craig's recounts of his capture aboard the Steamer Lilian
Quite a number of the Wilmington pilots had been captured by the enemy, and the force available for ships belonging to the Confederate government waiting in Bermuda and Nassau was in consequence greatly reduced. The regular pilot of the Lilian was…
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Voter Registration Card from Alamance County, 1902

This voter registration card was created after the Democrat-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed a Suffrage Amendment in 1900. The…