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Topical Access to Slavery

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General

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1896. 86, [x] p.
Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery in the State of North Carolina

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1899. 111, xi p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1921. viii, 9-281 p.
North-Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (Raleigh, N.C.)
Third Annual Report of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company: Together with Its By-Laws and Act of Incorporation. Incorporated, January, 1849

Raleigh: Seaton Gales, 1852. 23 p.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy

New York; London: Dix and Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. xvi, 1-723, [1] p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.
Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914
Cotton Mill, Commercial Features. A Text-Book for the Use of Textile Schools and Investors. With Tables Showing Cost of Machinery and Equipments for Mills Making Cotton Yarns and Plain Cotton Cloths

Charlotte, N.C.: Published by the Author, 1899. viii, 1-240, [6] p.

Anti-Slavery

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Anti-slavery Leaders of North Carolina

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1898. 74, x p.
Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877
Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad: Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in Behalf of the Slave, with the Stories of Numerous Fugitives, Who Gained Their Freedom through His Instrumentality, and Many Other Incidents

Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co., 1880. viii, 3-732 p.
Crooks, E. W. (Elizabeth Willets)
Life of Rev. A. Crooks, A. M.

Syracuse, N.Y.: Published by D. S. Kinney, Wesleyan Methodist Publishing House, 1875. iv, 8-312 p.
Goodloe, Daniel R. (Daniel Reaves), 1814-1902
Inquiry into the Causes Which Have Retarded the Accumulation of Wealth and Increase of Population in the Southern States: in Which the Question of Slavery is Considered in a Politico-Economical Point of View. By a Carolinian

Washington, D.C.: W. Blanchard, Printer, 1846. 27 p.
Edited by Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton
Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick

Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1910. 42 p.
Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857. x, [11]-420 p.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
edited by Lydia Maria Francis Child
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself

Boston: Published for the Author, 1861, c1860. 306 p.
Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875
A True Tale of Slavery. From The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 1861

London: Stevens and Co., 1861. 85-87, 108-110, 125-127, p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Manumission Society of North Carolina
An Address to the People of North Carolina, on the Evils of Slavery. By The Friends of Liberty and Equality

Greensborough, N.C.: W. Swain, 1830. 68, [1] p.
Melbourn, Julius, b. 1790
edited by Jabez D. Hammond
Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen

Syracuse: Hall & Dickson, 1847. 239 p.
Walker, David, 1785-1830
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America, Written in Boston, State of Massachusetts, September 28, 1829

Boston: David Walker, 1830. 88 p.

Pro-Slavery

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery in the State of North Carolina

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1899. 111, xi p.
Bryan, Mary Norcott, 1841-1925
A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie

New Bern, N.C.: Owen G. Dunn, Printer, [1912?]. 43 p.
Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861
Speech of Hon. John W. Ellis, Delivered before the Democratic State Convention, in Raleigh, March 9, 1860

Raleigh: "Standard" Office Print, 1860. 15 p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Tyson, Bryan, 1830-1909
The Institution of Slavery in the Southern States, Religiously and Morally Considered in Connection with Our Sectional Troubles, by Bryan Tyson, of North Carolina

Washington, D.C.: H. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1863. 60 p.
Wilson, Frank. I.
Address Delivered before the Wake County Workingmen's Association: in the Court House at Raleigh, February 6, 1860.

Raleigh: Standard Office Print, 1860. 22 p.

Slave Laws & Regulations

Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1896. 86, [x] p.
Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Slavery in the State of North Carolina

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1899. 111, xi p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
North Carolina
Slaves and Free Persons of Color. An Act Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color.

[North Carolina] : [General Assembly?] [1831?]. 10 p.
Rowan County (N.C.). County Court
Patrol Regulations for the County of Rowan; Printed by Order of the County Court, at August Term, Anno Domini 1825

Salisbury: Philo White, 1825. 7 p.
Tarboro (N.C.)
Patrol Regulations for the Town of Tarborough

Tarboro? N.C.: The town, 18--?. [1] p.
Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831
The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Va.

Baltimore: T. R. Gray, 1831. 23 p.

Slave Narratives

Baysmore, Joseph, b. 1823
A Historical Sketch of the First Colored Baptist Church Weldon, N. C., With the Life and Labor of Elder Joseph Baysmore, with Four Collected Sermons, First: The Harmony of the Law and Gospel. Second: Subject of the Pure in Heart. Third: How We Were Made Sinners and How We Were Redeemed from Sin and Made Heirs of God by His Love. Fourth: The Confirmation of Christian Faith.

Weldon, N. C.: Printed at Harrell's Printing House, 1887. 12 p.
Capehart, L. C.
Reminiscences of Isaac and Sukey, Slaves of B. F. Moore, of Raleigh, N.C.

Raleigh: Edwards, 1907. 11 p.
Ferebee, L. R. (London R.), b. 1849
A Brief History of the Slave Life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, and the Battles of Life, and Four Years of His Ministerial Life. Written from Memory. To 1882

Raleigh: Edwards, Broughton & Co., Steam Printers, Publishers and Binders, 1882. 22 p.
Grandy, Moses, b. 1786?
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America

London: Gilpin, 1843. 72 p.
Hawkins, William G. (William George), 1823-1909
Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North Carolina

Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1863. xii, 13-305 p.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
edited by Lydia Maria Francis Child
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself

Boston: Published for the Author, 1861, c1860. 306 p.
Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875
A True Tale of Slavery. From The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 1861

London: Stevens and Co., 1861. 85-87, 108-110, 125-127, p.
Jones, Friday, 1810-1887
Days of Bondage. Autobiography of Friday Jones. Being a Brief Narrative of His Trials and Tribulations in Slavery

Washington, D.C.: Commercial Pub. Co., 1883. 18 p.
Jones, Thomas H.
The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones

New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons, Printers, 1885. 84 p.
Jones, Thomas H.
The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, who was a Slave for Forty-Three Years

Boston: Printed by Bazin & Chandler, 1862. 46 p.
Keckley, Elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907
Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1868. 371 p.
Millie-Christine, 1851-1912
The History of the Carolina Twins: Told in "Their Own Peculiar Way" By "One of Them"

[Buffalo]: Buffalo Courier Printing House, [18--?]. 22 p.
No Author
Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin, Surnamed the Two-Headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World

Cincinnati: Hennegan & Co. Print, [between 1902 and 1912]. 32 p.
Parker, Allen
Recollections of Slavery Times

Worchester, Mass.: Chas. W. Burbank & Co., 1895. 96 p.
Robinson, William H., b. 1848
From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery

Eau Clair, Wis.: James H. Tifft, 1913. 200 p.
Roper, Moses, b. 1815
Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter

Berwick-upon-Tweed: Published for the author and printed at the Warder Office, 1848. i-vi,7-68 p.
Roper, Moses, b. 1815
A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Gunn, 1838. 89 p.
Singleton, William Henry
Recollections of My Slavery Days

Peekskill, NY: Highland Democrat, 1922. 12 p.
Williams, Isaac
Aunt Sally: or, The Cross the Way of Freedom. A Narrative of the Slave-life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan

Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858. 216 p.