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4762
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Derek Jennings discusses his first reading of William Henry Singleton's Recollections of My Slavery Days and the relevance the book has for today's generation.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 12, Mar 2000, p13, il Periodical Website
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4763
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Born into slavery in Eastern North Carolina in 1835, William Henry Singleton later wrote of his experiences in Recollections of My Slavery Days. Co-editors and annotators David Cecelski and Katherine Mellen Charron present an abridged version of the text for Independent readers.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 12, Mar 2000, p14-19, il, por Periodical Website
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19397
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William Henry Singleton was born a slave in 1843 in eastern North Carolina. During the Civil War he escaped to New Bern, a city under Union control, and over several months raised and trained a thousand African American soldiers, known as the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers. Gerard recounts his life from slavery through the war and finally to freedom.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 10, Mar 2013, p52-54, 56, 58-60, il, por Periodical Website
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41242
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A freedom offered to slaves perhaps lesser known than the Emancipation Proclamation is religious expression. Contraband camps, established by Union troops for former slaves, provided a way for former slaves to openly express Christian faith. Along with African American religious leaders such as James Walker Hood, they helped establish the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church. As for churches such as AMEZ, they also provided a sanctuary from racism and sowing ground for the seeds of political representation.