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African Americans and the Revolution
Date: 1775-1782
Creator: Crow, Jeffrey J.
African American soldiers--HistoryEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--SoldiersRevolutionary War, American, 1775-1783
North Carolina, United States
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Grandy, Moses
Date: 1786
Creator: Mitchell, Samantha
African American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--HistorySlavery--United States--Controversial literature
Camden County, North CarolinaBoston, Massachusett
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Hubster
Date: 2021-06-01
Creator: North Carolina. Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses.
Minority business enterprises--North Carolina--PeriodicalsNorth Carolina. Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses--Periodicals
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Manumission Socities
Date: 1776
Creator: Kirkman, Roger N. and David A. Norris
AbolitionistsAntislavery movementsQuakers--North Carolina--HistorySlavery and the church--Society of FriendsSlavery--North Carolina--History
North Carolina, United States
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Emancipation
Date: 1863-01-01
Creator: Nash, Steven E.
African American childrenAfrican American menAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United States--HistorySlavery--United States--History--19th centuryUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--Politics and government--1861-1865United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
United States
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Free hearts and free homes : gender and American antislavery politics
Creator: Pierson, Michael D.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.Political culture--United States--History--19th century.Political parties--United States--History--19th century.Sex role--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.Women--Political activity--United States--History--19th century.Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th century.United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.
United States
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Primary Source: James Curry Escapes from Slavery
Date: 1840
Creator: Curry, James
African American authorsAfrican American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanFugitive slavesLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--History
Person County, North CarolinaMassachusetts, United States
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Date: 1831-08-22
Creator: Walbert, David and L. Maren Wood
Enslaved personsSlave insurrections--United States--History--19th centurySlavery--Insurrections, etc.Slavery--United States--History
Southhampton, Virginia
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Keckly (Keckley), Elizabeth Hobbs
Date: 1820-1907
Creator: Wegner, Ansley
African American authorsAfrican American womenAfrican American women--BiographyAfrican American women--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--HistorySlavery--United States--Controversial literature
Virginia, United StatesHillsborough, North CarolinaSt. Louis, MissouriWashington, D.C.
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Bennett Place Historic Site
Date: 1865
Creator: North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Bennett Place State Historic SiteHistoric sites--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Durham, North Carolina
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Underground Railroad
Date: 1819
Creator: Coffin, Alex
Underground RailroadEnslaved persons--Social conditionsSlavery--United States--History
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Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation
Creator: Thomas, Velma Maia
Africans--America--History--Exhibitions.Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Exhibitions.Slave trade--America--History--Exhibitions.Slavery--United States--History--Exhibitions.
United StatesAfrica
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Tar Heels at Harper's Ferry, October 16-18, 1859: John Anthony Copeland
Date: 1859-10-16
Creator: Howard, Joshua
African American menEnslaved personsFree African Americans--Southern States--History--19th centuryHarpers Ferry, Battle of, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1862Slave insurrections--United States--History--19th centurySlavery--Insurrections, etc.Slavery--United States--History
Harper's Ferry, VirginiaRaleigh, North CarolinaFayetteville, North CarolinaOberlin, Ohio
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The Afro-American experience: a cultural history through emancipation
Creator: Dormon, James H. and Robert Rivers Jones
African Americans--History--To 1863.
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Griffin, Edward “Ned”
Date: 1770-1802
Creator: Kassa, Kemisa
African American menAfrican American soldiers--HistoryAfrican Americans--BiographyEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--SoldiersRevolutionary War, American, 1775-1783
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
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Long past slavery : representing race in the Federal Writers' Project
Creator: Stewart, Catherine A.
African Americans--Psychology--History--20th century.African Americans--Race identity--History--20th century.Collective memory--United States--History--20th century.Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
United States
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A Hard Fight For We : Women's Transition From Slavery to Freedom in South Carolina
Date: 1820-1961
Creator: Schwalm, Leslie A. (Leslie Ann)
African American women--South Carolina--History--19th century.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--South Carolina.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--South Carolina.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--South Carolina.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--South Carolina.
South Carolina, United States
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Tar heel junior historian [1983 : spring, v.22 : no.3]
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina Museum of History. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association.
North Carolina--History--PeriodicalsNorth Carolina--History--Societies, etc.--Periodicals
Durham, North Carolina
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Federation bulletin [2023 : June, v.43 : no.2]
Date: 2023-06
Creator: Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies
Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies--Periodicals
North Carolina, United States
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McCrory, Pat. Proclamation, Juneteenth National Freedom Day, June 19, 2013
Date: 2013-06-19
Creator: McCrory, Pat. Office of the Governor
Governors--North CarolinaMcCrory, Pat, 1956-Proclamations--North Carolina
North Carolina, United States
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The Freedmen's Colony on Roanoke Island
Date: 1862
Creator: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
African Americans--North Carolina--HistoryEnslaved persons--Emancipation--North CarolinaFreedmenFreedmen--United States--19th centuryNorth Carolina--History, African AmericansNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African AmericansOuter Banks (N.C.)Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History
Roanoke Island, North Carolina
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Somerset Plantation
Date: 1785
Creator: Saunders, W. O.
Collins, Josiah, 1735-1819Historic sites--North Carolina--Washington CountyNorth Carolina--PeriodicalsPettigrew State Park (N.C.)Plantations--North Carolina--Washington CountySomerset Place (N.C.)
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Stagville State Historic Site
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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Stagville State Historic Site
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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Perdue, Bev. Proclamation, 2010-06-09, Juneteenth Day
Date: 2010-06-09
Creator: Perdue, Bev. Office of the Governor
Governors--North CarolinaPerdue, Bev, 1947-Proclamations--North Carolina
North Carolina, United States
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Stagville State Historic Site
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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The Fire of Freedom : Abraham Galloway & the Slaves' Civil War
Date: 1837-1870
Creator: Celeski David J.
African American abolitionists--Biography.African American legislators--North Carolina--Biography.Fugitive slaves--North Carolina--Biography.Galloway, Abraham H., (1837-1870)Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.
New Bern, North Carolina
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Harriet Jacobs
Date: 1813-1897
Creator: Yellin, Jean Fagan
African American authorsAfrican American womenAfrican American women--BiographyAfrican American women--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanFugitive slavesLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--HistorySlavery--United States--Controversial literature
Edenton, North CarolinaNew York City, New YorkCambridge, MassachusettsWashington, D.C.
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Bennett Place State Historic Site
Date: 1865
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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Somerset Place
Date: 1785
Creator: The Department of Conservation and Development
Collins, Josiah, 1735-1819Historic sites--North Carolina--Washington CountyNorth Carolina--PeriodicalsPettigrew State Park (N.C.)Plantations--North Carolina--Washington CountySomerset Place (N.C.)
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Outer Banks Freedom Settelements
Date: 1800
Creator: Davis, Sarajanee
African Americans--North Carolina--James City--HistoryEnslaved persons--Emancipation--North CarolinaFreedmenFreedmen--United States--19th centuryNorth Carolina--History, African AmericansNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African AmericansOuter Banks (N.C.)Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History
Great Dismal Swamp, North CarolinaRoanoke Island, North CarolinaJames City, North CarolinaNew Bern, North Carolina
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Primary Source: Louisa Jacobs on Freedmen
Date: 1866
Creator: Jacobs, Louisa
African American womenAfrican American women--BiographyAfrican American women--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--HistorySlavery--United States--Controversial literature
Savannah, Georgia
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Galloway, Abraham
Date: 1837-1870
Creator: Franck, Julie
African American menAfrican American soldiers--HistoryAfrican Americans--BiographyEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African American soldiers
Smithville, North CarolinaWilmington, North CarolinaCanadaHaiti
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Planters and Slaves
Date: 1770-1820
Creator: Fenn, Elizabeth A., Peter H. Wood, Harry L. Watson, Thomas H. Clayton, Sydney Nathans, Thomas C. Parramore, and Jean B. Anderson
Enslaved personsPlantation lifeSlaveholdersSlavery--North Carolina--History
North Carolina, United States
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Stagville State Historic Site
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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Somerset State Historic Site
Date: 1785
Creator: North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina--SomersetSomerset Place (N.C.)
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Somerset Place State Historic Site
Date: 1785
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Juneteenth
Date: 2024
Creator: Kemisa Kassa
African American childrenAfrican American menAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansConstitutional amendments--United StatesEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United States--HistorySlavery--United States--History--19th centuryUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
United States
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Bennett Place State Historic Site
Date: 1865
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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Stagville State Historic Site
Date: 1787
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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North Carolina Freedom Park LibGuide
Date: 2023-06
Creator: Bond, Mattison
African AmericansAfrican American architectsAfrican American historyAfrican AmericansAfrican Americans--History--North CarolinaAfrican Americans--United States--HistoryNorth Carolina--History, African AmericansNorth Carolina Freedom Park (Raleigh, N.C.)ParksParks--North Carolina--PlanningParks--North Carolina--Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Juneteenth North Carolina Celebrate Freedom Toolkit
Date: 2024
Creator: The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
African American childrenAfrican American menAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansConstitutional amendments--United StatesEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United States--HistorySlavery--United States--History--19th centuryUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
North Carolina, United States
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Primary Source: Lunsford Lane Buys His Freedom
Date: 1842
Creator: Lane, Lunsford
African American authorsAfrican American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--History
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Ned Hyman, Williamston, Martin County, NC; Petition for Act of manumission (Emancipation, Slavery, Free Black people).
Date: 1833-1834
Creator: Hyman, Ned
African American men--Social conditionsAfrican AmericansEnslaved person--Emancipation--United StatesFreed personsMarriage law--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--1775-1865Slavery--United States--History--19th centuryWomen--Legal status, laws, etc.Women--United States--Social conditions
Williamston, North Carolina
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Audio: Bennett Place: The end of the war: Carolinas campaign
Date: 1865
Creator: Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Bennett Place State Historic SiteNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Durham, North Carolina
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Historic Princeville: From slavery to Freedom Hill
Date: 1885
Creator: Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
Princeville, North Carolina
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Date: 1865-02-01
Creator: United States. Congress.
African American childrenAfrican American menAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansConstitutional amendments--United StatesEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United StatesSlavery--Law and legislation--United States--HistorySlavery--United States--History--19th centuryUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
United States
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African Americans
Date: 1863-1900
Creator: Alexander, Roberta Sue, Rodney D. Barfield, and Steven E. Nash
African American historyAfrican American menAfrican AmericansAfrican Americans--History--1863-1877Enslaved persons--Emancipation--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
North Carolina, United States
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Bennett Place: The end of the war: Carolinas campaign
Date: 1865
Creator: Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Bennett Place State Historic SiteNorth Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Durham, North Carolina
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Somerset Place State Historic Site
Date: 1785
Creator: North Carolina ECHO (Project)
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Voices of Emancipation : Understanding Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Through the U.S. Pension Bureau Files
Date: 1863-1877
Creator: Regosin, Elizabeth Ann and Donald Robert Shaffer
African Americans--History--1863-1877--Sources.African Americans--Social conditions--19th century--Sources.African American soldiers--Pensions.African American sailors--Pensions.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Sources.Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Sources.Slavery--United States--History--19th century--Sources.United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--History--19th century--Sources.United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Sources.
United States
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Lane, Lunsford
Date: 1803-1863
Creator: Cotten, Alice R.
African American authorsAfrican American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--History
Raleigh, North CarolinaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaNew York, United StatesBoston, MassachusettsWorcester, MassachusettsOberlin, Ohio
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Rush, Christopher
Date: 1777-1873
Creator: Carroll, Grady Lee Ernest
African American authorsAfrican American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsAfrican Americans--ReligionAntislavery movements--United StatesMethodist Episcopal ChurchSlavery--North Carolina--History
Craven County, North CarolinaNew York, United StatesNew Haven, ConnecticutPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
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Constitutional Convention, 1868: "Black Caucus"
Date: 1868
Creator: Ijames, Earl
African American historyAfrican American menAfrican AmericansAfrican Americans--History--1863-1877Constitutional conventions--North CarolinaConventionsNorth Carolina. Constitution (1868)Slavery--Law and legislation--North Carolina--History
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Slave Rebellions
Date: 1739
Creator: Nash, Steven E. and Thomas C. Parramore
Enslaved personsSlave insurrections--United States--History--19th centurySlavery--Insurrections, etc.Slavery--United States--History
North Carolina, United States
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Titus, Ishmael
Date: 1745-1855
Creator: Dease, Jared and Andrea Smythe
African American menAfrican American soldiers--HistoryAfrican Americans--BiographyEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--SoldiersRevolutionary War, American, 1775-1783
Amelia County, VirginiaStokes County, North CarolinaRowan County, North CarolinaNew Rochelle, New YorkBallston, New YorkTroy, New YorkSavoy, MassachusettsBennington County, VermontWilliamstown, Massachusetts
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Mullet wrapper
Date: 2011-06-01
Creator: North Carolina Maritime Museum.
North Carolina Maritime Museum--PeriodicalsNorth Carolina--History--PeriodicalsNorth Carolina--History, Naval--Periodicals
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Cooper, Roy Proclamation, 2021, Juneteenth Day
Date: 2021
Creator: Cooper, Roy. Office of the Governor
Governors--North CarolinaCooper, Roy 1957-Proclamations--North Carolina
North Carolina, United States
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Diversity and Inclusion from North Carolina state parks annual report [2021]
Date: 2021
Creator: North Carolina. Division of Parks and Recreation.
North Carolina. Division of Parks and Recreation--PeriodicalsParks--North Carolina--PeriodicalsParks--Recreational Use--North Carolina--Periodicals
North Carolina, United States
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Charter : news from the Division of Archives and Records
Date: 2014
Creator: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History.
Archives--North Carolina--PeriodicalsNorth Carolina. Division of Archives and History--Periodicals
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Jones, Thomas H.
Date: 1806
Creator: Leder, Eric
African American authorsAfrican American menAfrican Americans--BiographyAfrican American men--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanFugitive slavesLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--History
New Hanover County, North CarolinaWilmington, North CarolinaSalem, MassachusettsWorcester, Massachusetts
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Festivals of Freedom
Date: 1808-1915
Creator: Kachun, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alan)
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.African Americans--Politics and government--19th century.African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--Anniversaries, etc.Festivals--United States--History--19th century.Festivals--United States--History--20th century.Memory--Political aspects--United States--History.Memory--Social aspects--United States--History.Political culture--United States--History--19th century.Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
United States
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Juneteenth Calendar
Date: 2024
Creator: NC African American Heritage Commission
African American childrenAfrican American menAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
North Carolina, United States
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Bond, Hanna
Date: 1830 -1880
Creator: Rodriguez, Crystal
African American authorsAfrican American womenAfrican American women--BiographyAfrican American women--Social conditionsEnslaved persons' writings, AmericanFugitive slavesLiterature--North CarolinaNorth Carolina--In literatureSlavery--North Carolina--HistorySlavery--United States--Controversial literature
Raleigh, North CarolinaOberlin, OhioWashington, District of Columbia, United States
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Rethinking American Emancipation : Legacies of Slavery and the Quest for Black freedom
Date: 1863
Creator: Link, William A.
African Americans--History--19th century.African Americans--Social conditions.Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.United States--Race relations.
United States
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Slave hospital and the large slave quarter at Somerset Place : architectural research and structures report
Date: 1785
Creator: Little, M. Ruth (Margaret Ruth), 1946-
Enslaved persons--Dwellings--North Carolina--Washington CountyHistoric buildings--North Carolina--Washington CountySomerset Place (N.C.)
Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
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Stagville
Date: 1787-1976
Creator: Spicer, Shirl
Historic sites--North CarolinaPlantations--North Carolina
North Carolina, United States
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Newslink : weekly e-newsletter for VisitNC partners
Date: 2021-06-23
Creator: North Carolina. Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development.
North Carolina. Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development--PeriodicalsTourism--North Carolina--PeriodicalsTravel--Periodicals
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Dismal Swamp State Park
Date: 1974
Creator: NC Division of Parks and Recreation
Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)--HistoryDismal Swamp State Park (N.C.)Fugitive slavesSlavery--HistorySwamps--North Carolina
Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
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Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
Date: 1775-1776
Creator: Causey, Ellen Fitzgibbons
African American soldiers--HistoryEnslaved persons--Emancipation--United StatesNorth Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--SoldiersRevolutionary War, American, 1775-1783
Virginia, United StatesNorth Carolina, United States
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