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Tag Archives: slavery
21 January 1865: “the feeling owing on people that negroes right to be considered, is gaining strength daily”
Item Description: A letter written to Walter Lenoir from his cousin W. Bingham regarding the opening of his school, and his hopes for creating the moral character of the boys there. Walter Lenoir was a lawyer during the Civil War, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Bingham, Civil War, Confederate States, East Forks of Pigeon, Oaks, politics, slavery, Walter Lenoir
Comments Off on 21 January 1865: “the feeling owing on people that negroes right to be considered, is gaining strength daily”
6 January 1865: “It is the opinion out here that our “peculiar institution” is forever dead”
Today we are sharing two letters that were sent together on January 6, 1865 by Thomas W. Patton and Thomas Weaver. Patton was a former Confederate officer and Weaver was his body servant. Item Description: Letter dated 6 January 1865 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Buncombe County (NC), James W. Patton Papers, slavery, Thomas W. Patton
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23 January 1864: “Colored troops, under General Wild, liberating slaves in North Carolina.”
Item description: Illustration, published in Harper’s Weekly on 23 January 1864, entitled “Colored troops, under General Wild, liberating slaves in North Carolina.” The illustration depicts the liberation of slaves in Camden County, North Carolina. Item citation: From the North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged African American soldiers, Camden County, General Edward A. Wild, North Carolina, slavery, slaves, Terrebee plantation
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5 January 1864: “An Act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities.”
Item description: Copy of a bill, dated 5 January 1864, before the Confederate House of Representatives titled, “An act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities.” [Scans courtesy of Internet … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged bills, Confederate Congress, Confederate House of Representatives, impressment, slave labor, slavery, slaves, teamsters
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15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 December 1863, from Eliza Ann DeRosset to her sister (believed to be her sister Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis of Hillsborough, N.C.). The letter discusses supplies needed by various members of the family, particularly clothing. DeRosset also … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged clothes, clothing, DeRosset family, Eliza Ann DeRosset, food, hiring out of slaves, homespun, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis, North Carolina, Osmyn, slavery, slaves, supplies, winter
Comments Off on 15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
7 December 1863: “He says nearly all the negroes there would come back to their masters if they were not afraid that they would be whipped and sold.”
Item description: Entry, dated 7 December 1863, in the Samuel A. Agnew Diary. [Transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 9 of the Samuel A. Agnew Diary #923, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Corinth, Mississippi, sale of slaves, Samuel A. Agnew, slavery, slaves
Comments Off on 7 December 1863: “He says nearly all the negroes there would come back to their masters if they were not afraid that they would be whipped and sold.”
25 August 1863: “I have no one elce […] he is the only one that can manage them. if he was taken from them now they would become a nuisance in the county.”
Item description: Letter, 25 August 1863, from Olivia Andrews, St. Joseph, La., to George Logan. Andrews, apparently a widowed plantation mistress, writes Logan to ask for a conscription exemption for her plantation overseer, John L. Dulaney, because she worries that his absence … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged conscription, George W. Logan, laws, Louisiana, Olivia Andrews, slavery, slaves, Twenty Slave Law
Comments Off on 25 August 1863: “I have no one elce […] he is the only one that can manage them. if he was taken from them now they would become a nuisance in the county.”
23 July 1863: “I have made myself a leg which I am beginning to use in walking about the farm.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 23 July 1863, from Walter Waightstill Lenoir to his brother. Walter was a lawyer in Lenoir, N.C. before the war. He had enlisted in the North Carolina 58th Infantry by early 1862 but was wounded at Ox … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged amputations, Emancipation Proclamation, General Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg Campaign, slavery
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6 May 1863: “List of Negroes working on the fortifications at Fort Pemberton”
Item description: “List of Negroes working on the fortifications at Fort Pemberton,” dated 6 May 1863. Fort Pemberton was a Confederate fortification constructed on a narrow strip of land between the Tallahatchie and Yazoo Rivers, near Greenwood, Mississippi. Item citation: From … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Fort Pemberton, fortifications, Mississippi, slave labor, slavery, Western Theater
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2 May 1863: “Resolved that we have full confidence that Col. Logan will assign to the negroes of Morehouse a ward in the hospital, or a separate building, and that he will place the negroes from this Parish under the medical treatment of the Physician employed by the Planters…”
Item description: Resolution, 2 May 1863, from area planters concerning slaves who were being impresssed into Confederate service at Fort Beauregard, La. More about George W. Logan: George William Logan (1828-1896) was born in Charleston, S.C., to George William Logan … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged forced labor, Fort Beauregard, fortifications, George W. Logan, Harrisonburg (La.), Louisiana, Morehouse Parish, slavery, slaves
Comments Off on 2 May 1863: “Resolved that we have full confidence that Col. Logan will assign to the negroes of Morehouse a ward in the hospital, or a separate building, and that he will place the negroes from this Parish under the medical treatment of the Physician employed by the Planters…”