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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself, 1861
V.THE TRIALS OF GIRLHOOD.
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Though this seemed to me no more than right, I was grateful for it, and…
Tags: Antislavery/Abolition
Dred Scott v John Sandford
DISSENT
Mr. Justice McLEAN dissenting.
This case is before us on a writ of error from the Circuit Court for the district of Missouri.
An action of trespass was brought, which charges the defendant with an assault and imprisonment of the plaintiff,…
Tags: Slave Law, Slavery/Slaves
Defense of the Negro Race----Charges Answered. Speech of Hon. George H. White, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, January 29, 1901
© This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. DEFENSE OF THE NEGRO…
Albatross recaptured Enchantress off Hatteras Inlet, July 22, 1861
A Voice from Rebel Prisons, 1865
Tags: Battle Description, Prisons, Race relations, Soldiers
A Journey in the Back Country, 1860
I stopped last night at the pleasantest house I have yet seen in the mountain; a framed house, painted white, with a log kitchen attached. The owner was a man of superior standing. I judged from the public documents and law books on his table, that…
Tags: Antislavery/Abolition
Comments by the State Democratic Committee on the Hand Book Issued by the Peoples [sic] Party State Executive Committee. A Discussion of the Contents of This Book, Showing That It Is Not Issued in the Interest of the Populist Party. It Does Not Contain Any Platform of the Populist Party, Nor Does It Discuss or Advocate Any of Its Well-Known Principles, 1898
© This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Comments by the…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics
“Are the Robeson County, N.C., outlaws KuKlux?,” New York Times, May 16, 1871
The statement made in some of the Northern papers, based on a telegram of the Associated Press, sent from this point May 10, that the Robeson County outlaws are Kuklux is erroneous. LOWRY, APPLEWHITE and STRONG, the recognized leaders of the badn,…
(Niall) Andrew Hammond
Tags: Humorous, Indecisive, Musical
"Wilmington. The Attack on Fort Fisher," New York Times, December 30, 1864
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. 29. The Secretary of the Navy received this afternoon the following by special messenger: NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, U.S. FLAG SHIP MALVERN, AT SEA, OFF NEW INLET, Monday, Dec. 26, 1864. SIR: I was in hopes that I should…
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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…