Central Barber Shop
African American women – North Carolina; Edenton (N.C.); African American business enterprises
Pamphlet advertising the Central Barber Shop in Edenton, North Carolina from the late 19th or early 20th century. The Central Barber Shop was owned by Josephine Napolean Leary, an African American businesswoman, from Edenton.
Central Barber Shop
Josephine Napoleon Leary Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE002474149
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4930s85d
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Unknown
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
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jnlst001015
20th century North Carolina
Vilet Lester letter to Patsey Patterson
Slavery—North Carolina – History, Slavery – United States – History
Letter from Vilet Lester to her former owner, Pastey Patterson, briefly describing her chain of owners since she left Patterson. She inquires about several individuals, including her daughter, whom Lester’s new owner agreed to buy in order to reunite them.
Vilet Lester
Joseph Allred Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE001586479
https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/lester/lester.html
unknown
08-29-1857
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Free re-use. No copyright – United States.
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1857, North Carolina
Agreement with sharecroppers, 1868
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888, Sharecroppers, Contracts
Agreement between Thomas Green Clemson and sharecroppers working the land at Fort Hill. Most of the sharecroppers were former enslaved persons.
Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tgc/261
1868
Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
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Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002
1868, Pickens County (S.C.)
Agreement with sharecroppers, 1871
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888, Sharecroppers, Contracts
Agreement between Thomas Green Clemson and sharecroppers working the land at Fort Hill. Most of the sharecroppers were former enslaved persons.
Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tgc/366/
1871
Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
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1871, Pickens County (S.C.)
Deed to Fort Hill farm
Calhoun, Andrew P. (Andrew Pickens), 1811-1865, Calhoun, Floride, 1792-1866, Calhoun, Martha Cornelia, Fort Hill Plantation (S.C.), Deeds, Slaves
Deed transferring Fort Hill farm from Floride Calhoun and Cornelia M. Calhoun to Andrew P. Calhoun including a schedule of the slaves with their names and ages.
Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/tgc/210
05-11-1854
Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University
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Thomas Green Clemson Papers, Mss 002
1854, Pickens County (S.C.)
Silvia
Freedmen--North Carolina--Lenoir County
Tintype photograph of Silvia, a freed slave formerly belonging to Whitfield Grady of Lenoir County, N.C. Date approximated.
Unknown
Smith-Grady Family Papers
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0094
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1624
Unknown
1900
East Carolina University
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94.1.a
1890-1910, United States--North Carolina--Lenoir County (N.C.)
African-American Soldiers’ Pension Application Ledger
Military pensions--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 African American soldiers--Health and hygiene--History--19th century African Americans--North Carolina--Craven CountyAfrican Americans--North Carolina United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865—Claims United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects Slaves--North Carolina--Biography
African-American Soldiers’ Pension Application Ledger for African-American troops who served the U.S. Army and Navy during the Civil War from the New Bern, N.C. area and Eastern North Carolina. The military units, ships, and actions in which these men were involved are mentioned, as well as the conditions under which the men served. Also included are afflictions suffered as a result of service. The ledger also contains marriage and medical certificates and genealogical information concerning slave marriages and births. An ex-slave's account of being bought and sold can also be found within. The ledger contains an index which provides the names, units, page numbers, and usually claim numbers for claimants. Refer to finding aid for additional information on the arrangement of the index and using the item for research. Sticker on the front cover indicates this is Book no. 7.
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Rogers, Richard E., Jr., Collection
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0248
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/ 22728
Unknown
1889 - 1890
East Carolina University
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248.1.b
1889-1890, United States--North Carolina--Craven County (N.C.)
Fugitive Slave Bill
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)Slavery--United States—HistoryUnited States--Politics and government--1845-1861
Broadside announcing the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850. Passed by the Senate and House of Representatives and signed into law by President Millard Fillmore, the Fugitive Slave Act gave slave owners greater power in capturing runaway slaves, even those who had fled to free states.
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Fugitive Slave Bill
https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/MB0001
http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/2339
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09-18-1850
East Carolina University
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1850, United States
Slave girls given to Harriet Pindar upon her marriage to Joseph Mooney
African Americans--Children.
Slaves--Georgia.
Tintypes.
Tintype image of two slave girls given to Harriet Pindar of Savannah, Georgia, upon her marriage to Joseph Mooney. Verso: "Two slave girls given Aunt Harriet by her mother when she married."
Unknown
Pindar family papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
2019 (date it was contributed)
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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circa 1855, Georgia
Hopkins’ plat book of Miami.
Miami (Fla.)—Maps Real property—Florida—Miami—Maps.
3 images from plat book of Greater Miami, Florida, and suburbs.
This 1925 Plat book of Greater Miami, Florida and suburbs details the sections of Miami and suburbs which were clearly delineated as racially restricted to the “colored” races. The maps of schools, city parks, and neighborhoods were zoned for “coloreds.” See Map pages 10, 16, and 34.
G. M. Hopkins. Co., Civil Engineers
J. Floyd Monk Collection, Special Collections and University Archives.
http://fiu.catalog.fcla.edu/permalink.jsp?27FI028140302
http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FISC000211/00001
G. M. Hopkins Co.
1925
Green Library, Florida International University
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G1319.M5 H63
1925, Miami (Fla.)