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"The Fayetteville Observer Reporting of John Brown's Raid of Harper's Ferry. October 20, 1859."
Startling news from Virginia.-Yesterday’s mail brought us accounts of an outbreak at Harper’s Ferry, Va., accompanied with stories of an abolition and negro insurrection, loss of lives. It is manifest that the accounts so far are mainly guess…
"Jim Young, the Negro Politician, at head of the Committee on Education at the Blind Institution for White Children at Raleigh" Raleigh News and Observer, August 1898
J.M. Hollowell, "Coming of the Yankees" (1939)
COMING OF THE YANKEES
(By J. M. HOLLOWELL)
Since I stopped writing of my early recollections of Goldsboro, I have been asked by some of the young folks why I did not tell more about the Yankee army coming to Goldsboro in 1865, and what they did,…
Weight of Testimony, June 8, 1864
Weight of Testimony According to the Progress, the mere denint - theipse dixit -- of Mr. Holden should have "as much weight with the masses of the people in North Carolina as that of Gov. Vance, Mr. Hampton, or others." So what Mr. Holden may say…
"The Ku-Klux," April 1, 1871
The Ku-Klux.
The Ku-Klux question has become very serious. Before the war a citizen of the United States who believed in the Declaration of Independence, and said so, was outlawed, harried, and liable to be murdered in half the country. It was…
"What Could Holden Do For Peace?," June 8, 1864
THE DAILY CONSERVATIVE RALEIGH, N. C., JUNE 8, 1864 JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR Z. B. VANCE, OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County! FOR THE SENATE Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WILLIAM LAWS, THOMAS J.…
"Secret Circular," July 13, 1864
The Weekly Conservative RALEIGH, N. C., JULY 13, 1864. JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR : Z. B. VANCE OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County ! FOR THE SENATE : Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS : WILLIAM LAWS,…
"Taken From the Record," October 5, 1880
GREENSBORO, Oct. 3.- If the terrible civil war, which cost this country so much of blood and of treasure, was not fought altogether in vain, if the Reconstruction acts and the amendments to the national Constitution are not entirely without force, it…
"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…
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North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge in presidential election, November 6, 1860
On November 6, 1860, in the presidential election, North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge (pictured), the southern Democratic nominee,…