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"The North Carolina Troubles," August 20, 1870
Therehas been in certain quarters, noto-rious for sympathy with the late rebels and re-bellion, such a vehement denunciation of Gov-ernorHolden, of North Carolina, as a pecul-iarly malignant “satrap,” who was wagingfiendish war upon…
"The Reconstruction Prospect," November 12, 1867
We have favored the holding of a Convention asauthorized by Congress, and of doing all that couldfairly and honorably be done to effect reconstructionand restore the State to civil government, but we canplainly see that almost a death-blow has been…
"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…
"The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years -- Chapter Second," ca. 1849
I enter now upon a new development of wrongs and woes which I, as a slave, was called to undergo. I must go back some two or three years from the time when my master died, and I was sold to Owen Holmes.The bitterness of persecution which master Jones…
"Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders," ca. 1820s
THERE was a planter in the country, not far from us, whom I will call Mr. Litch. He was an ill-bred, uneducated man, but very wealthy. He had six hundred slaves, many of whom he did not know by sight. His extensive plantation was managed by well-paid…
Tags: Family, Race relations, Racial Violence, Slaves, Violence
"The Lesson of the Ku-Klux," May 27, 1871
The Lesson of the Ku-Klux
Those who persistently deny the truth of the Ku-Klux stories, or ridicule them as mere tales of rawhead and bloody-bones, should remember that, whatever the explanation may be, the testimony is conclusive. And the…
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Newspapers
Letter from William Woods Holden to Honor. R.M. Pearson, July 26, 1870
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, July 26, 1870.
To the HON. R. M. PEARSON,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of N. C.:
"SIR: - I have had the hour to receive, by the hands of the Marshal of the Supreme Court, a copy of your opinion in the…
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, North Carolina, W.W. Holden
North Carolina Slaveholder to the Commander of the Department of North Carolina, October 8, 1862
Beaufort NC Oct 8th /62
Prompted by the necessity of the case, I have to make on you a requisition quite unpleasant- For the last two months I have supported my Family by the hire of two carpenters. They a few days ago refused to be hired & have…
Tags: Freedpeople, slavery, Slaves, Soldiers
The Florida Campaign, March 1, 1864
THE FLORIDA CAMPAIGN.
Details of the Operations of the Union Troops Under General
Seymour. The March to and Battle of Olustee .
Mr. Oscar G. SawyerDespatches.
CAMP FINEGAN, Florida, Feb. 23, 1864.
THE FLORIDA EXPEDITION.
Since…
Tags: Battle Description, Soldiers
"Another Change in Color," August 3, 1864
Another Change of Color. Holden first printed his tickets on white paper, as an emblem of peace—then he printed a lot on buff paper, by way of an attempt to counterfeit the color of the Vance tickets: -- but finding that the counterfeit could…
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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…