Nov 21, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Emancipation, New Hanover, Union affiliation
Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; Summary written by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Burkhead, History of the Difficulties In 1865, Rev. L. S. Burkhead’s kept a personal account of his experiences and perceptions of events that occurred after he was appointed...
Oct 27, 2023 | Antebellum era, Emancipation, Pasquotank
Advertisement submitted by Nicholle Young; summary written by Cheri Todd Molter After being sold at an auction in Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1857, two Pasquotank County men—Davy and Luke—ran away from their new enslavers several days later, on May 4th. Davy and...
Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Emancipation, New Hanover
Article clipping submitted by Nicholle Young; summary written by Cheri Todd Molter This clipping is of two articles from the Wilmington Journal that ran in August of 1860. One pertains to the submitter’s attempt to regain control over Bridgett, a “lame but quick,”...
Oct 26, 2023 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Emancipation, 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, Emancipation, 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, Emancipation, 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...
