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Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-172
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Dr. T. F. Wood family of Wilmington, NC. Includes Dr. Woods's Civil War recollections, correspondence, writings of Dr. Edward Jenner Wood, and genealogy of the Wood family.
Dates:
Undetermined
Found in:
Special Collections
Emancipation Anniversary Sermon Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-366
Content Description
This collection contains a sermon written around 1898 regarding 35 years of slavery emancipation, first initiated during the United States Civil War in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. The unidentified author speaks at length about the contemporary struggles of Black Americans--referred to in the sermon as "colored people," their contributions and representation throughout United States history and to civilization at large, and the responsibilities they...
Dates:
circa 1898
Found in:
Special Collections