Slavery in North Carolina: Images

Illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1849).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

"Oh my child my child" - Illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1849).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

Broadside announcing patrol regulations for the town of Taboro, NC (18--?).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

"Kindergarten Department" - photograph of an African-American school in Raleigh, NC. From The History of My Life and Work by Rev. M. L. Latta (1903).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

Illustration from Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1849).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

Frontispiece from The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones (1885).
Original Image from Documenting the American South

Frontispiece from Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who Was for Forty Years a Slave. Also the Surprising Adventures of Wild Tom, of the Island Retreat, a Fugitive Negro from South Carolina by Thomas H. Jones (185-?).
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Frontispiece from Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North Carolina by William G. Hawkins (1863).
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Frontispiece from Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter by Moses Roper (1848).
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Illustration from A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy by Frederick Law Olmsted (1856).
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Title Page from Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America, Written in Boston, State of Massachusetts, September 28, 1829 by David Walker (1830).
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"Abraham Lincoln" portrait from Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings by James M. Gregory (1893).
Original Image from Documenting the American South