Other Resources: Primary Secondary - NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction

Other Resources: Primary/Secondary

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Primary sources meticulously curated by dedicated researchers, esteemed scholars, and experienced educators in Civil War and Reconstruction subjects. These collections include firsthand accounts and original narratives, maps, and historical ads.

Databases with Primary Sources

• Colonial and State Records of North Carolina.

http://docsouth.unc.edu

• Transatlantic Slave Trade Database

http://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/search

• The Geography of Slavery

http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/explore.html

• North American Slave Narratives

http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html

• North Carolina Runaway Ads.

http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/RAS

• Chronicling America.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search

• Born in Slavery WPA Narratives.

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

• Harper’s Weekly.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=harpersweekly

• Digital Southern Historical Collection.

http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/archivalhome/collection/00ddd

• Mary Chestnut Diary.

http://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/chesnut/maryches.html

• Docsouth.

http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html

• The Southern Homefront.

http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/

• Duke University Civil War Women.

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/collections/digitized/civil-war-women/

• Civil War Maps, Library of Congress.

https://www.loc.gov/collection/civil-war-maps/about-this-collection/

• Confederate States of America Records on Microfilm.

https://www.loc.gov/search/?fa=partof%3Aconfederate+states+of+america+records%3A++confederate+constitutional+documents%2C+1861-1883

• Civil War Photographs and Prints.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war/

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