University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library
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Works: | 2,207 works in 2,375 publications in 1 language and 96,286 library holdings |
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Genres: | Biographies History Autobiographies Slave narratives Personal narratives‡vConfederate Personal narratives Poetry Encyclopedias Music Criticism, interpretation, etc |
Classifications: | F230, 973.70922 |
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Most widely held works about
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Library resources of the University of North Carolina; a summary of facilities for study and research by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The Estiennes : an annotated catalogue of 300 highlights of their various presses by Fred Schreiber( Book )
- The library of the first state university by Louis Round Wilson( Book )
- One million books; proceedings of a convocation honoring the acquisition of the one millionth volume by the Library of the University of North Carolina, University Day, October 12, 1960 by University of North Carolina (1793-1962)( Book )
- The library, philanthropy, publications, & UNC's emergence as a major American university by Edward G Holley( Book )
- Public services in research libraries : final report of the Study Team, October 1, 1984 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The Bookmark for the Friends of the University of North Carolina Library( )
- Annual report of the University Library, University of North Carolina, for the fiscal year by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( )
- Guide to special collections, indexes, and catalogs in the University of North Carolina Library by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The Walter Davis story : one man who made a difference by Ned Cline( Book )
- The library of the University of North Carolina by Fisk P Brewer( )
- Periodicals and other serials held by the libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The Wilson Library by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The Estiennes : an annotated catalogue of 300 outstanding books from their 16th & 17th century publishing houses by Fred Schreiber( Book )
- Reform, reconstruction and redemption : the Northern impulse to save the South : an exhibition from the Southern Historical Collection( Book )
- The enlarged library building at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina. Opening of the addition, 18 April 1952 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
- The development of cataloging in the libraries of Duke University and the University of North Carolina from their establishment to 1953 by Frances Venable Thackston( Book )
- The Southern Pamphlet Collection : an evaluation and chronological checklist of the South Carolina portion, 1820-1900 by Ann Daly Kinken( Book )
- The impact of accreditation by the Southern Association on the process of change in two university libraries by Delmus Eugene Williams( )
- List of Chinese books and periodicals in the Far Eastern collection of the University of North Carolina Library at Chapel Hill by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill( Book )
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Most widely held works by
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The confessions of Nat Turner; leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Va by
Nat Turner(
)
5 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Perhaps no other moment in history crystallized the fears of slave owners in the South like the August 21-22, 1831, slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton, Virginia. 'The Confessions of Nat Turner' details Turner's life and the events surrounding that armed revolt, which left more than fifty men, women, and children dead and that culminated in Turner's execution
5 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Perhaps no other moment in history crystallized the fears of slave owners in the South like the August 21-22, 1831, slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton, Virginia. 'The Confessions of Nat Turner' details Turner's life and the events surrounding that armed revolt, which left more than fifty men, women, and children dead and that culminated in Turner's execution
Narrative of William W. Brown, an American slave by
William Wells Brown(
)
9 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in English and held by 1,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
By 1849, this book was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety as an abolitionist speaker. The son of a slave and a white man, Brown recounts his years in servitude, his cruel masters, and the brutal whippings he and those around him received. He details his failed attempt to escape with his mother; after their capture, they were sold to new masters. A subsequent escape attempt succeeds
9 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in English and held by 1,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
By 1849, this book was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety as an abolitionist speaker. The son of a slave and a white man, Brown recounts his years in servitude, his cruel masters, and the brutal whippings he and those around him received. He details his failed attempt to escape with his mother; after their capture, they were sold to new masters. A subsequent escape attempt succeeds
Behind the scenes : or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House by
Elizabeth Keckley(
)
7 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 1,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Behind the Scenes is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs. Lincoln's financial situation had worsened, Keckley helped organize an auction of the former first lady's dresses, eliciting strong criticism from members of the Washington elite. Behind the Scenes is, therefore, both a slave narrative and Keckley's attempt to defend the motives behind the auction. However, the book's publication prompted an even greater public outcry, with the added racial subtext of white society's disdain for Keckley's audacity in publishing details of the Lincolns' private lives. Keckley's dressmaking business failed, the Lincoln family cut all ties with her, and she lived out her final days in a home for the indigent. Scholars have acknowledged the book's valuable account of slave life as well as its intimate view into the Lincoln White House. Biographers of the Lincolns have quoted extensively from Keckley's text
7 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 1,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Behind the Scenes is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs. Lincoln's financial situation had worsened, Keckley helped organize an auction of the former first lady's dresses, eliciting strong criticism from members of the Washington elite. Behind the Scenes is, therefore, both a slave narrative and Keckley's attempt to defend the motives behind the auction. However, the book's publication prompted an even greater public outcry, with the added racial subtext of white society's disdain for Keckley's audacity in publishing details of the Lincolns' private lives. Keckley's dressmaking business failed, the Lincoln family cut all ties with her, and she lived out her final days in a home for the indigent. Scholars have acknowledged the book's valuable account of slave life as well as its intimate view into the Lincoln White House. Biographers of the Lincolns have quoted extensively from Keckley's text
American slavery as it is : testimony of a thousand witnesses by
Theodore Dwight Weld(
)
8 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and held by 1,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Provides the testimonies of ex-slaves describing the social conditions of slaves in the South
8 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and held by 1,217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Provides the testimonies of ex-slaves describing the social conditions of slaves in the South
The experience of a slave in South Carolina by
John Andrew Jackson(
)
8 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in English and held by 1,082 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Experience of a Slave in South Carolina
8 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in English and held by 1,082 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Experience of a Slave in South Carolina
The experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, who was a slave for forty-three years by
Thomas H Jones(
)
8 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 1,059 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
8 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 1,059 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Annotation
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 by
David Walker(
)
8 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published in 1829, Walker's Appeal called on slaves to rise up and free themselves. The two subsequent versions of his document (including the reprinted 1830 edition published shortly before Walker's death) were increasingly radical. Addressed to the whole world but directed primarily to people of color around the world, the 87-page pamphlet by a free black man born in North Carolina and living in Boston advocates immediate emancipation and slave rebellion. Walker asks the slaves among his readers whether they wouldn't prefer to "be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant." He advises them not to "trifle" if they do rise up, but rather to kill those who would continue to enslave them and their wives and children. Copies of the pamphlet were smuggled by ship in 1830 from Boston to Wilmington, North Carolina, Walker's childhood home, causing panic among whites. In 1830, members of North Carolina's General Assembly had the Appeal in mind as they tightened the state's laws dealing with slaves and free black citizens. The resulting stricter laws led to more policies that repressed African Americans, freed and slave alike"--Publisher's description
8 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in English and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First published in 1829, Walker's Appeal called on slaves to rise up and free themselves. The two subsequent versions of his document (including the reprinted 1830 edition published shortly before Walker's death) were increasingly radical. Addressed to the whole world but directed primarily to people of color around the world, the 87-page pamphlet by a free black man born in North Carolina and living in Boston advocates immediate emancipation and slave rebellion. Walker asks the slaves among his readers whether they wouldn't prefer to "be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant." He advises them not to "trifle" if they do rise up, but rather to kill those who would continue to enslave them and their wives and children. Copies of the pamphlet were smuggled by ship in 1830 from Boston to Wilmington, North Carolina, Walker's childhood home, causing panic among whites. In 1830, members of North Carolina's General Assembly had the Appeal in mind as they tightened the state's laws dealing with slaves and free black citizens. The resulting stricter laws led to more policies that repressed African Americans, freed and slave alike"--Publisher's description
Slave songs of the United States by
William Francis Allen(
)
6 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 1,046 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1867, Slave Songs of the United States represents the work of its three editors, all of whom collected and annotated these songs while working in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the Civil War, and also of other collectors w
6 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 1,046 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1867, Slave Songs of the United States represents the work of its three editors, all of whom collected and annotated these songs while working in the Sea Islands of South Carolina during the Civil War, and also of other collectors w
Narrative of the life of Moses Grandy; late a slave in the United States of America by
Moses Grandy(
)
5 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in English and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born into slavery in North Carolina around 1786, Moses Grandy was bequeathed to his young playmate, his original owner's son, when they were both eight years old. Hired out until he was twenty-one, Grandy describes each of his temporary masters--some cru
5 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in English and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Born into slavery in North Carolina around 1786, Moses Grandy was bequeathed to his young playmate, his original owner's son, when they were both eight years old. Hired out until he was twenty-one, Grandy describes each of his temporary masters--some cru
Notes on the State of Virginia by
Thomas Jefferson(
)
3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 896 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains primary source material
3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 896 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains primary source material
Encyclopedia of North Carolina(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An informative compendium, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina is abundantly illustrated with nearly 400 photographs and maps."--Jacket
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An informative compendium, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina is abundantly illustrated with nearly 400 photographs and maps."--Jacket
God in history : a discourse delivered before the graduating class of the College of Charleston on Sunday evening, March 29,
1863 by
James Warley Miles(
)
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Right on the scaffold : or, The martyrs of 1822 by
Archibald Henry Grimké(
)
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this volume Grimke tells the story of Denmark Vesey, a freed, literate slave and a respected community member of Charleston, South Carolina. Vesey became convinced that the slaves were God's chosen people, like the Jews of the Old Testament, and led an unsuccessful insurrection against white slaveholders that resulted in dramatic trials and executions
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this volume Grimke tells the story of Denmark Vesey, a freed, literate slave and a respected community member of Charleston, South Carolina. Vesey became convinced that the slaves were God's chosen people, like the Jews of the Old Testament, and led an unsuccessful insurrection against white slaveholders that resulted in dramatic trials and executions
Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of color. To which is added, a selection of pieces in poetry by
Abigail Mott(
)
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the earliest compilations of biographies of African Americans, prominent, mythical, and unknown
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the earliest compilations of biographies of African Americans, prominent, mythical, and unknown
Autobiography of James L. Smith; including also, reminiscences of slave life, recollections of the war, education of freedmen,
causes of the exodus, etc by
James L Smith(
)
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A digest of the military and naval laws of the Confederate States : from the commencement of the Provisional Congress to the
end of the First Congress under the permanent Constitution by
Confederate States of America(
)
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The narrative of Lunsford Lane, formerly of Raleigh, N.C., embracing an account of his early life, the redemption, by purchase
of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin by
Lunsford Lane(
)
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Memorials of a southern planter by
Susan Dabney Smedes(
)
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The end of an era by
John S Wise(
)
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Journal of the public and secret proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia : held in Milledgeville and Savannah
in 1861 by
Georgia(
)
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Documenting the American South (Project)
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- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Brown, William Wells 1814?-1884 Author
- Gray, Thomas R.
- Turner, Nat 1800?-1831 Author
- American Anti-Slavery Society
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
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