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Letter from Major Smith Stansbury to Sect. of the Treasury Christopher C. Memminger, August 13, 1863
Honble. C. G. Memminger, Secty. of Treasury.
Through Chf. of Ord.
Sir: I have the honor to forward by Steamer "Eugenie" Captain Fry - one Box, Marked T. D. containing a Seal received from Mess. Frazer Trenholm and Co. Liverpool England.…
"Horrible Butcheries At Wilmington." Richmond Planet, November 19, 1898
HORRIBLE BUTCHERIES AT WILMINGTON. TURKS OUT DONE. Innocent and Unarmed Colored Men Shot Down. Hundreds Run to the Woods The Mob Captures the Town.—White Ministers Aiders and Abettors of Murder. THE GOVERNOR POWERLESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF…
"Register Lyons' Ringing Letter." Richmond Planet, November 10, 1898
REGISTER LYONS’ RINGING LETTER.
HE SPEAKS PLAINLY OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE CAROLINAS.
The Arguments of the Apologists Demolished.
An Able Defense of the Colored People.---No Negro Rule in the South.
REVOLUTIONISTS IN WILMINGTON PAY…
"More About the Butcheries." Richmond Planet, November 26, 1898
MORE ABOUT THE BUTCHERIES.
LAWLESS CONDITION EVERYWHERE
Scandalous Behaviour of the U. S. Naval Reserves.
Officers of the Law Exiled.---The Treasonable
Revolutionists in Possession of the City.
ANARCHY TRIUMPHANT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF…
"The Apologists for North Carolina." Richmond Planet, November 26, 1898
THE APOLOGISTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
That any one, white or colored, Jew or Gentile, Christian or Infidel could be found to justify the murdering of the unarmed colored men at Wilmington, N. C., after the so-called election has taken place is one of…
"Editor Manley's Responsibilities" Richmond Planet, November 26, 1898
EDITOR MANLEY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
The confiscation of the property and exiling of EDITOR ALEXANDER MANLEY of the Wilmington, N. C., RECORD were without palliation or excuse.
That he published a lawful but indiscreet article in the editorial…
"Defamer Must Go" Raleigh News and Observer, November 10, 1898
DEFAMER MUST GO
Mass Meeting of White Citizens of Wilmington Pass Resolutions.
EXPULSION OF MANLY
AND RESIGNATIONS OF MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE DEMANDED.
MANLY GIVEN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
Time for Negro Domination Forever Past,
Though…
"A Day Of Blood At Wilmington" Raleigh News and Observer, November 11, 1898
A DAY OF BLOOD AT WILMINGTON
Negroes Precipitate Conflict by Firing on the
Whites—Manly, the Defamer of White
Womanhood, Escapes—Building of
His Slanderous Paper Gut-
Ted and Burned.
ELEVEN NEGROES WERE KILLED
Three Whites…
Diary of James Rumley, August 4, 1863
... The negroes are celebrating the day, in the African Church, with all the enthusiasm which such an occasion is calculated to inspire among the deluded and excited race. With hymns of praise to God are mingled prayers for the success of the "Union…
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Letter from Ladies of Cleveland County NC to Zebulon Baird Vance, September, 1863
To your excellency Z. B. Vance Governor of the state of North Carolina
To do Hospitality make known to your excellency that we [apistice] in the expenses of the above named [tabnaut] and the expenses and that most Mary Woodward was fulfilling of…
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Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, 1827-1886

Benjamin Hedrick (1827-1886), a chemistry professor at UNC, was dismissed from his job in 1856 after openly claiming that he supported the Republican…