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"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
Letter of Members of All Companies, Third North Carolina Infantry, U.S.V. to Secretary of War, October 5, 1898
Secretary of War,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
We the undersigned many soldiers, heard that you had been instructed that we wanted to stay in service, as garrison duty, but, my dear sir, we are now pleading with mercy and deny any such…
Tags: patriotism, Race relations, soldier
Letter of N. C. Bruce, North Carolina Battalion to the Editor, the News and Observer, May 28, 1898
To the Editor: Much is being said about Negro soldiers in the present war that is unmanly, unwise and uncharitable, and yet there is one cheering, refreshing thought among heaps of trashy talk: It is that nobody seriously suggests any want of…
Tags: patriotism, Race relations, Soldiers
Scot Ngozi-Brown, “African-American Soldiers and Filipinos" (1997)
U.S. racial imperialism, at the turn of the century, targeted Filipinos and other peoples of color throughout the world whom white Americans considered barbaric and thus incapable of self-government. Within the borders of the United States,…
"The Vampire that Hovers Over North Carolina (Negro Rule)," News and Observer, September 27, 1898
Negro Rule
The Vampire That Hovers Over North Carolina
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
"He Doesn't Like to Let Go," Raleigh News and Observer, May 26, 1900
"As Fusionists Think it Will Be," Raleigh News and Observer, June 27, 1900
AS FUSIONISTS THINK IT WILL BE. "WHALE REGISTRARS AND POLL-HOLDERS." Incendiary Advice Given to Negroes by a Fusion Black and Tan Leader. State of North Carolina -- Wake County Charles T. Hester being duly sworn says that he had a conversation…
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
Untitled Cartoon, Raleigh News and Observer, July 8, 1900
This is the situation that we would have if the incendiary advice that Knight of Wake, Gill of Vance, McNeill of Wilkes, and other Fusion leaders are giving, should be followed by the Negroes.
Tags: Race relations, State Politics, Suffrage
"The Winston Situation," Raleigh News and Observer, July 13, 1900
The Winston Situation Holton & Co., has a Democratic Registrar arrested by a Federal Deputy Marshal because he will not register negro boys.
Tags: Race relations, State Government, Suffrage
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D. H. Hill, 1859-1924
Daniel Harvey (D. H.) Hill (1859-1924), the son of Confederate general D. H. Hill, was an important figure in the commemoration of the Civil War and…