| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives | 15 |
| United States. Army--African American troops | 11 |
| United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) | 9 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American | 6 |
| Manly, Caroline Sadgwar | 5 |
| African American students--North Carolina--Greenville | 3 |
| East Carolina University--Administration | 3 |
| East Carolina University--Students | 3 |
| Greenville (N.C.)--Race relations | 3 |
| North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | 3 |
| African American editors--North Carolina--Wilmington | 2 |
| African American newspapers--North Carolina--Wilmington | 2 |
| African American singers--North Carolina--Wilmington | 2 |
| African Americans--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century | 2 |
| Governors--Virginia | 2 |
| Invitation cards--Virginia--Richmond | 2 |
| Jenkins, Leo W. (Leo Warren), 1913-1989 | 2 |
| Manly, Alex | 2 |
| North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865 | 2 |
| Slavery--North Carolina | 2 |
| Slavery--North Carolina--Wilmington | 2 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions | 2 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate | 2 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects | 2 |
| Wilder, Lawrence Douglas, 1931---Inauguration, 1990 | 2 |
| African American children--North Carolina--Oxford | 1 |
| African American lawyers--North Carolina--New Bern | 1 |
| African American slaveholders--North Carolina--Wilmington | 1 |
| African American teachers--North Carolina--Wilmington | 1 |
| Allen, Abram M.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Allen, Sarah S. Ginger Hill | 1 |
| Allen, Sarah S.--Correspondence | 1 |
| Balls (Parties)--Virginia--Richmond | 1 |
| Beyer, Donald S.--Inauguration, 1990 | 1 |
| Blair, John Fries, 1903-1986--Correspondence | 1 |
| Bogey, Marcus Cicero--Correspondence | 1 |
| Canada--History--1841-1867 | 1 |
| Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century | 1 |
| Commander, Richard--Correspondence | 1 |
| Confederate States of America. Army--African American troops | 1 |
| Confederate States of America. Army--Military life | 1 |
| Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores | 1 |
| Douglass, Frederick C., active 1889-1897--Correspondence | 1 |
| Dudley, James B. | 1 |
| Dudley, Susan Wright Sampson | 1 |
| Fleetwood, Miles--Correspondence | 1 |
| Freedmen--North Carolina--Edgecombe County | 1 |
| Harrell, Enos | 1 |
| Hoke, Robert F. (Robert Frederick) | 1 |
| Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | 1 |
| Lieutenant governors--Virginia | 1 |
| Lynching--North Carolina--Raleigh | 1 |
| Manly, Alex--Marriage | 1 |
| Military pensions--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 | 1 |
| North Carolina--Genealogy | 1 |
| Orphanages--North Carolina--Oxford | 1 |
| Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | 1 |
| Phillips, Wade H. (Wade Hampton), 1879-1968 | 1 |
| Plantations--Mississippi | 1 |
| Private schools--North Carolina--Raleigh | 1 |
| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina--Edgecombe County | 1 |
| Riots--North Carolina--Wilmington | 1 |
| Sadgwar family | 1 |
| Sadgwar, David Elias | 1 |
| Sadgwar, Frederick Cutlar | 1 |
| Sampson, J. P. (John Patterson), 1837-1928 | 1 |
| Sampson, James Drawhorn | 1 |
| Sherman's March through the Carolinas | 1 |
| Slavery--Mississippi | 1 |
| Slavery--North Carolina--Duplin County | 1 |
| St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Snow Hill, N.C.) | 1 |
| Stanly, John, 1774-1833--Correspondence | 1 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans | 1 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims | 1 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects | 1 |
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care | 1 |
| United States--Race relations--History--20th century | 1 |
| United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands | 1 |
| United States. Community Relations Service | 1 |
| Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863 | 1 |
| Waynick, Capus M. | 1 |
| Wilmington (N.C.)--History--19th century | 1 |
| Wilmington (N.C.)--Race relations | 1 |
| Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898 | 1 |
| Wooten, Council--Correspondence | 1 |
| Wooten, Sarah--Correspondence | 1 |
