North Carolina and U.S. History
Explore the past and present of your state and country.
The Charters of Freedom
Examine the Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. High-quality images of the actual documents plus history surrounding these essential papers.
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation
This is an animated and narrated story of the geographic history of the United States.
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - A Multimedia Archive
The African-American experience as depicted in the Stowe novel including a history of the impact of the novel and its related plays. Also includes pre and post-texts, use sitemap to navigate.
Slavery: the North Carolina Experience
Documents related to slavery in North Carolina from the UNC Documenting the American South collection.
Digital Durham: Life and Labor in the New South
Find a range of primary sources which can be used to investigate the economic, social, cultural and political history of a post-bellum southern community from the 1870s to the 1920s.
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