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Tag Archives: slaves
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
Comments Off on 5 January 1864: “An Act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities.”
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.”
13 November 1863: “…The loss of Slaves, fencing, stock subsistence etc will prevent our doing much in the way of farming for several years…”
Item description: In this letter, 13 November 1863, William Lenoir in Atlanta, Ga., wrote to his cousin, Rufus Theodore Lenoir, in Fort Defiance, N.C., with an update on the family’s business interests that were at risk during anticipated Yankee occupation. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Atlanta (Ga.), civilian prisoners, civilians, disease, eastern Tennessee, Fort Defiance (N.C.), Rufus Theodore Lenoir, slaves, whooping cough, William Lenoir
Comments Off on 13 November 1863: “…The loss of Slaves, fencing, stock subsistence etc will prevent our doing much in the way of farming for several years…”
23 October 1863: “Be Kind to the Soldier”
Item Description: “Be Kind to the Soldier.” (newspaper editorial) Semi-weekly North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh), 23 October 1863. Transcription: Be Kind to the Soldier. The Editor of the Biblical Recorder, in his account of his recent journey to the Western part of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged charity, children, furlough, Governor Zebulon Vance, Guilford County (N.C.), newspapers, relief societies, slaves, soldiers' pay, western north carolina, wives
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6 October 1863: “Becky & Eliza were faithful and the Yankees called Becky “Secesh” because she told them she was not willing to leave her master.”
Item description: Entry, dated 6 October 1863, from the diary of Samuel A. Agnew. He describes his escape of Union troops plundering his home and their attempts to free his family’s slaves. He also notes the cavalry’s “sweet tooth,” stating … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 5th Ohio Regiment, food, livestock, Mississippi, Samuel A. Agnew, slaves, Union soldiers
Comments Off on 6 October 1863: “Becky & Eliza were faithful and the Yankees called Becky “Secesh” because she told them she was not willing to leave her master.”
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.”
5 August 1863: “Isaac, Henry and John were left behind to take their chances. Sarah and Diana ran away, and I suppose are with the Yankees…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 5 August 1863, from William H. Thomson to his son Ruffin Thomson. More about Ruffin Thomson: Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied at the University … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Alabama, civilians, home front, Mississippi, Perry County, Ruffin Thomson, slaves, William H. Thomson
Comments Off on 5 August 1863: “Isaac, Henry and John were left behind to take their chances. Sarah and Diana ran away, and I suppose are with the Yankees…”
26 July 1863: “…if it had not been for the warning of the slave he know doubt would have been captured perhaps murdered.”
Item identification: Diary entry by Levi Fritz, dated 26 July 1863. Fritz discusses troop movements around Warrenton, Virginia, and recounts the story of a Union soldier being warned by a slave about an imminent ambush. Item citation: From folder 1 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged guerrilla warfare, marching, prisoners-of-war, slaves
Comments Off on 26 July 1863: “…if it had not been for the warning of the slave he know doubt would have been captured perhaps murdered.”
21 July 1863: “base and mean and pusillanimous must be the man who remains and allows the enemies lines to encircle his home…while there is a musket in his reach
Item Description: Letter, 21 July 1863, to Mrs. John S. Lewis from her son John, describing in detail his brigade’s role in the battle of Gettysburg, having his slaves captured, and his feelings about Union occupation in the south. [Item … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg Campaign, John Lewis, Lewis family, slaves, Union occupation
Comments Off on 21 July 1863: “base and mean and pusillanimous must be the man who remains and allows the enemies lines to encircle his home…while there is a musket in his reach