Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Rowan
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter Twenty-one-year-old Harriet had been enslaved by George Miller, and after his death, Henry Miller of Rowan County purchased her. However, in July 1845, Harriet ran away before she was delivered...
Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Greene, Sampson
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter In January 1835, Esther and her husband, Jack, ran away from their latest enslaver, Herold Blackmore of Duplin County. Esther was “about 30 years old…and of an Indian complection [sic],...
Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, New Hanover
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter In February 1859, Peter, a “stout,” Black man who had been enslaved by the Colvin family of New Hanover County, ran away. As of May 8, 1860—over a year later—Peter was still free and was...
Sep 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans
Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Penny Howcott, a forty-year-old enslaved woman, had escaped from her enslaver, Charles W. Mixon, who then offered as much information as he could about her to expedite her return to him. NC law provided that a...
Sep 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Cumberland
Article submitted by Nicholle Young; Summary written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown from The North-Carolinian of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 1850, Page 3 On Nov. 30, 1850, the Mechanics of Fayetteville met to take measures against the “growing evil of...
Aug 29, 2023 | Antebellum era, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Reconstruction
Submitted by Craig James; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Please allow me to introduce to you a phenomenal woman who was born around 1847 in Eastern North Carolina. At a very early age she became the property of John James, the owner of Sycamore Springs...
