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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 4 records found where LC Subject Heading is African American consumers -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
	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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