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Documenting the American South (DocSouth), a digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.
DocSouth has contributed numerous resources to LEARN NC’s digital textbook project for North Carolina history. Additionally, LEARN NC publishes lesson plans that integrate digitized resources from DocSouth’s collections.
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- THE CASE BETWEEN THOMAS MILLER COLLECTOr OF HIS MAJts CUSTOMES & CAPT. ZACHARIAH GILHAM CULPEPER DURANT CRAFORD & OTHERS PRINCIPAL AUTORS & ACTORS IN Ye LATE COMOTION AND DISTURBANCES THAT WERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PROVINCE OF CAROLINA Mr Cartwright...
- The existence in most parts of the State of abundant water-power, the abundance, value and variety of the raw material, and its proximity to favorable seats for its conversion into the manufactured fabric, and the natural aptitude of the people for mechanical...
- 1709 map of North Carolina
- An early representation of North Carolina. The map, published in 1709, shows the coast and the Outer Banks, and includes the names of the major inlets and rivers. The western part of the state is represented by open space dotted with tree and mountain icons,...
- Format: image/map
- 1869 map of North Carolina
- An 1869 color map of North Carolina. The map is shaded in three colors according to the forestation in different areas of the state: "Region of Coast Growth," "Long Leaf Pines," and "Oaks." Additional markings show the locations of mineral resources, including...
- Format: image/article
- 1896 county map of North Carolina
- 1896 Board of Agriculture map of North Carolina shaded by county.
- Format: image/article
- Academies for boys and for girls
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 5.10
- In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 4.2
- Various newspaper advertisements for academies or boarding schools in the Piedmont of North Carolina between 1838 and 1840. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper/primary source
- An Act for preventing Tumultuous and riotous Assemblies
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.10
- Text of the Johnston Riot Act passed by the North Carolina Assembly in 1771, empowering the governor and colonial officials to use military force to put down uprisings of Regulators. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation/primary source
- An Act to Encourage the Settlement of this Country (1707)
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.2
- Passed by the provincial Assembly of Carolina in 1707, this legislation provides incentives for settlers and explains the justification for doing so. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: legislation/primary source
- Address from inhabitants near Haw River
- The request of the Inhabitants of the West side of Haw river to the Assembly men and Vestry men of Orange County Whereas the Taxes in the County are larger according to the number of Taxables than adjacent counties and continues so year after year,...
- Format: petition
- Address to the Colored People of North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 10.7
- 1870 broadside urging African Americans to support Governor William Woods Holden, then facing impeachment for his use of the militia to stop Ku Klux Klan violence. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: poster/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
- Address to the Colored People of North Carolina
- Format: image/poster
- Advertisement for Warm Springs Hotel
- The Warm Springs, Madison County, Western North Carolina. Howerton & Klein, Proprietors. Hot, Warm, Tepid and Cold Baths. Readily accessible from every section of the United States, over. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and Connecting lines...
- Format: image/poster
- Aftermath of the Battle of Alamance
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 1.12
- Contemporary newspaper account of the prosecution and execution of Regulator leaders after the Battle of Alamance, May/June 1771. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: newspaper/primary source
- An Aged Man in His Winter Garment
- "An Ageed Manne in His Winter Garment." Theodor de Bry's engraving of an American Indian man, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. In the foreground, the man is standing with his right...
- Format: image/illustration
- Agriculture
- In Report of Vice-Consul R. E. Heide on the Resources, Trade and Commerce of North Carolina (1875), page 9
- Agriculture About nine-tenths of the population are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The whole system of agriculture in this State is very inferior to that of most European countries or even to that of the Northern States. The abundance and cheapness...
- Format: book
- Alice P. Evitt oral history excerpt
- Alice P. Evitt was born in 1898 and began working at the cotton mills near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910 when she was 12 years old. She worked 12 hours a day, every day except Sunday, and earned 25 cents a day for her work. Jim...
- Format: interview/primary source
- Alice P. Evitt oral history excerpt (child labor)
- Alice P. Evitt was born in 1898 and began working at the cotton mills near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910 when she was 12 years old. She worked 12 hours a day, every day except Sunday, and earned 25 cents a day for her work. In this except, Ms. Evitt talks...
- Format: audio/interview
- Alice P. Evitt oral history excerpt (cotton mills)
- Alice P. Evitt was born in 1898 and began working at the cotton mills near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910 when she was 12 years old. She worked 12 hours a day, every day except Sunday, and earned 25 cents a day for her work. Here, she talks about the management’s...
- Format: audio/interview
- Alice P. Evitt oral history excerpt (labor unions)
- Alice P. Evitt was born in 1898 and began working at the cotton mills near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910 when she was 12 years old. She worked 12 hours a day, every day except Sunday, and earned 25 cents a day for her work. Here, Ms. Evitt describes her...
- Format: audio/interview
- Amadas and Barlowe explore the Outer Banks
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 4.5
- In North Carolina History: A Sampler, page 3.1
- On April 27, 1584, Captains Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe left the west coast of England in two ships to explore the North American coast for Sir Walter Raleigh. The party of explorers landed on July 13, 1584, on the North Carolina coast just north of Roanoke Island, and claimed the land in the name of Queen Elizabeth. Captain Barlowe's report describes the land and the people he encountered.
- Format: journal/primary source
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.
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