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"Civil War re-enactors meet to make sure they present history accurately," April 8, 2012

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Civil War re-enactors meet to make sure they present history accurately WALNUT COVE -- More than 100 Civil War re-enactors left the 21st century behind Saturday to become better at what they spend a lot of their time doing — making history…

"Civil War Will Be Abolition," North Carolina Standard, February 5, 1861

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If the difficulties between the North and South should not be settled during the next six months, war will be the result. There will be three or four Confederacies. It will be impossible for the Northwestern and Gulf States to avoid war,—the…

"Col. Sam. Colt's Revolving Fire Arms," Raleigh Register, March 27, 1861

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These arms have no equals in quality and finish; are adopted by the Army and Navy of the United States, and the principal governments of Europe; are uniform in all their parts, are simple, safe, sure serviceable, and can be had in one hundred…

"Craven County December 1860 resolutions" December 12, 1860

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Craven County Meeting On yesterday the 12th December a large portion of the citizens of Craven met in the Theatre to give expression to their sentiments relative to the present alarming state of National affairs. On motion W.B. Wadsworth was called…

"Creoles Like the Amendment," Raleigh News and Observer, May 13, 1900

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CREOLES LIKE THE AMENDMENT. It Works to Perfect Satisfaction of the Educated and Uneducated Whites in the Sugar District. By Josephus Daniels Thibieodeaux, May 10. – “Under the Constitutional amendment, by reason of section five, every…

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"Days of Bondage: Autobiography of Friday Jones: Being a Brief Narrative of his Trails and Tribulations in Slavery," 1883

My first remembrance of my life begins when I was from 8 to 10 years of age. I was born in North Carolina in 1810, the property of Olser Hye, within 15 miles of the capital of the State-- Raleigh.They attempted to whip me in 1854 and backed me down…

"Defamer Must Go" Raleigh News and Observer, November 10, 1898

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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…

"Democrats are you Ready?," Raleigh Weekly Standard, October 31, 1860

In this article by the RaleighWeekly Standard, the paper which backed the Democratic Party candidate Breckenridge argued why Lincoln should not be elected. The paper stated its belief that if Lincoln was elected it meant that the Constitution of the…

"Deserters Shot," November 12, 1862

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This article describes the execution of two men found guilty of deserting the Confederate Army, and ends by stating that it is hoped their fate will serve the greater good of the Army in the end.