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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 7 records found where LC Subject Heading is African Americans -- Economic conditions -- North Carolina -- 19th century | ||
![]() | Chas. Emerson’s North Carolina tobacco belt directory 1886 (Excerpt) This section of Emerson's 1886 directory lists businesses within the corporate limits of the town of Durham.The directory lists the names of proprietors, stores' locations and the products sold. Individuals with African American heritage are denoted by an asterisk (*). | |
![]() | Chas. Emerson’s North Carolina tobacco belt directory 1886 (Excerpt) This section of the 1886 directory entitled, Gazetteer of Durham County, North Carolina, lists 70 Durham County merchants and land owners, together with the name of the post office located nearest their businesses. Individuals with African American heritage are denoted by an asterisk (*). Occupations include hotel and saloon keeper, shoe maker, general store keeper and grocer, postmaster, mechanic and blacksmith, minister and pastor, saw and grist mill owner, physician, and cotton ginner. | |
![]() | Oration on the occasion of the Second Annual Exposition of the Colored People of North Carolina, delivered on October 1, 1880 Frederick Douglass delivered this “Oration on the occasion of the Second Annual Exposition of the Colored People of North Carolina” in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 1, 1880. Douglass offered his vision of economic progress for black farmers living in the South. Charles Hunter, editor of the Journal of Industry reprinted the oration in his newspaper and included other news stories about the Exposition. | |
![]() | Richard Fitzgerald account These pages from the Atlas M. Rigsbee, General Store ledger indicate what products, Richard Fitzgerald purchased from the Atlas M. Rigsbee General Store in 1880. Fitzgerald, an African American brickmaker, purchased a range of goods including foodstuffs like flour, meal, butter, sugar, and fish as well as lamp chimneys, collars and hats. The ledger indicates that Fitzgerald paid for his goods with bricks from his manufacturing enterprise. | |
![]() | Haywood Jenkins account These financial records indicate what products Haywood Jenkins, an African American factory hand, purchased from the Atlas M. Rigsbee general store in 1880. This ledger account provides information about the cost and availability of foods like meal, fish, lard as well as tobacco and snuff. The account indicates that Haywood Jenkins purchased goods in exchange for his labor. | |
![]() | James Cozart account These financial records indicate what products James Cozart, an African American farmer, purchased from the Atlas M. Rigsbee general store in 1880. This ledger account provides information about the cost and availability of staple foods like bacon, corn, and meal as well as hardware like plow points. | |
![]() | William Hogan account These financial records indicate what products William Hogan, an African American farm laborer, purchased from the Atlas M. Rigsbee general store in 1880. This ledger account provides information about the cost and availability of staple foods like bacon, corn, and meal as well as coffee, sugar, tobacco, and ham. The account also reveals that Hogan paid for his goods with his labor. |
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