| Abstract |
Most of the collection consists of ledgers that contain affidavits concerning pension claims, many of which were filed during the 1890s; murders by the Ku Klux Klan; and a riot at Camp Hilton, near Wilmington, N.C. Additional materials include ledgers that consist of copies of pension award certificates; estate papers; a roll book for the Pleasant Hill School in Craven County; daybooks; a fragment of "History of the 37th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry"; a copy of the yearbook of the West Street Graded School in New Bern; correspondence; forms pertaining to pension applications; and Pamlico County tax receipts. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Frederick C. Douglass Papers (#323), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. Thomas A. Johnson. |
| Biographical note | Frederick Douglass was a black lawyer, minister, and teacher of New Bern, N.C. During the 1880s and 1890s he handled the pension applications of many blacks who served in the United States Army and United States Navy during the Civil War. |
