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- A black man reads of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Man reading a newspaper with headline, "Presidential Proclamation, Slavery," which refers to the Jan. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
- Format: image/painting
- The Emancipation Proclamation (page 1 of 5)
- The first page of the Emancipation Proclamation, as signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The remaining pages are available on the website of the National...
- Format: image/proclamation
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.7
- Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, freeing slaves in states or parts thereof then in rebellion against the United States. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: proclamation
- African American soldiers
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.10
- After Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, some 180,000 African American soldiers fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.
- Format: article
- This illustration appeared in Harper's Weekly after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. The caption reads, "The effects of the proclamation -- Freed negroes coming into our lines at Newbern, North Carolina."
- Format: image/illustration
- Two perspectives on slavery: A comparison of personal narratives
- This activity for grade 11 will help students evaluate and critique authors' perspectives. Students will read two first-person narratives and analyze how each text is influenced by its author's cultural background.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.
- Exploring the church in the southern black community
- Students explore the Documenting the American South Collection titled, the “Church in the Southern Black Community.” Beginning with a historian's interpretation of the primary sources that make up the collection, students search the collection for evidence to describe the experiences of African Americans living in the south during the Antebellum through the Reconstruction Period centering on their community churches. The activity culminates in student presentations of a digital scrap book.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- Making marriages legal
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.8
- Marriage certificate issued by the Freedmen's Bureau, making legal the marriage of two former slaves. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: document
- Historic Stagville
- Read about the history of the plantation, the Bennehan and Cameron families who owned the plantation, the slave community, the structures on the plantation, and the effect the Civil War had on Stagville Plantation.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Amending the U.S. Constitution
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.8
- Text of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery and to guarantee the civil rights of African Americans.
- Format: constitution
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.4
- In May 1865, President Andrew Johnson offered amnesty to most former Confederate soldiers, excepting high-ranking officers, some politicians, and the wealthiest Confederates. Original source includes historical commentary.
- Format: proclamation
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Religion and slavery in the American South: Comparing perspectives
- In this lesson plan, students consult a variety of primary sources from the Documenting the American South Collection to uncover the varied impacts of religion in the lives of slaves in the American South. They are encouraged to seek out multiple, and sometimes contradictory, perspectives of this history.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)
- By Meghan Mcglinn.
- The Civil War: From Bull Run to Appomattox
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.3
- Summary of military and political action in the U.S. Civil War, 1861–1865.
- Format: article
- The African American State Fair
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 1.10
- For several years in the late nineteenth century, African American farmers held their own state fair in Raleigh to showcase improvements in agriculture.
- Format: article
- By Jim L. Sumner.
- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Plan for a panel discussion regarding the validity of the Lincoln Administration
- This lesson encourages students to investigate all sides of the issues within the context of the Civil War era. Students will become “experts” on the Lincoln administration and accept the responsibility of sharing their expertise with their classmates through oral communication in a panel discussion.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- Timeline of Reconstruction in North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.2
- Timeline of major events in North Carolina during Union occupation and after the Civil War, 1862–1877.
- Format: timeline
- Catherine Edmondston and Reconstruction
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.7
- Excerpts from the diary of Catherine Edmonston of Halifax County, North Carolina, 1865–66, in which she describes her frustration with emancipation and her family's attempts to control its former slaves. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
- Format: diary
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Timeline of the Civil War, July 1861-July 1864
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.2
- Timeline of events from the First Battle of Bull Run to the summer of 1864.
- Format: timeline
- Charges of abuse
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 8.9
- Report of Freedmen's Bureau officials on charges of abuse of former slaves by their former owners in Wilson County, North Carolina, 1865. Includes historical commentary. Note: This source contains explicit language or content that requires mature discussion.
- Format: report
