Enslaved People and Slavery (112)

by Watson, Harry L. 1830-1850: Antebellum NC Begins Originally published as "Winning the Fight for Progress-- North Carolina's Antebellum years begin: 1830-1850" by Harry L. Watson Reprinted with permission from [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Job, Jennifer. Abolitionist slideshow answer keyAn optional answer key to assess student work from this [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Job, Jennifer. Abolitionist slideshow answer keyAn optional answer key to assess student work from this [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Job, Jennifer. Abolitionist slideshow answer keyAn optional answer key to assess student work from this [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)

by Franck, Julie. Galloway, Abraham 8 Feb.1837 - 1 Sept.1870 by Julie Franck, North Carolina State University, 2013; Revised September 2022 Abraham Galloway was a formerly enslaved person, Union spy and [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Faulkner, Ronnie W. Ad valorem taxation of enslaved people was a major political issue in antebellum North Carolina and continued during the Civil War as a manifestation of the divisions between the planter class and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by . Below sends notice of a runaway slave. The next two paragraphs are advertisements for an enslaved Black woman and enslaved American Indian boy. The two paragraphs after that are job advertisements. [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Crow, Jeffrey J. African Americans and the Revolution Originally published as "'Liberty to Slaves': The Black Response" by Jeffrey J. Crow; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, June [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Alexander, Roberta Sue, Barfield, Rodney D., Nash, Steven E. Part i: Introduction; Part ii: Life under slavery and the achievements of free Black people; Part iii: Emancipation and the Freedmen's Fight for Civil Rights; Part iv: Segregation and the struggle [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wilson, Madafo Lloyd. African and African American Storytelling By Madafo Lloyd Wilson Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian, Spring 2002. Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, NC Museum of [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by LeCount, Charles. One hundred fifty years ago, nearly all North Carolinians made their living by farming. And even the majority of those who did not actually farm were still tied to the state’s agricultural economy: [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by Lasley, Rebecca Graham. Anti-Slavery Movement in North Carolina by Rebecca Graham Lasley Reprinted with permission from the Tar Heel Junior Historian. Fall 2008; Revised by NC Government & Heritage Library, May [...] (from Tar Heel Junior Historian, NC Museum of History.)

by . Auction of Enslaved People at Richmond, Virginia Wood engraving shows an enslaved, Black woman being auctioned for sale by an enslaver in front of crowd of [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by McGee, Barry. Blue Lodges were secret groups organized to defend slavery and the "southern way of life" in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The new law, sponsored by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cecelski, David S. I spoke with Hattie Brown as we walked through the old graveyard in Goshen, a black farming community in Jones County. She had a story for each of the dead. Her most striking memories were her [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)