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 | Guide to African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina |  |
THOMAS SPARROW PAPERS, #1878, 1835-1871
Papers of Thomas Sparrow, a lawyer, state legislator, and Confederate major of Washington (Beaufort County), North Carolina. Includes a record of the legal case State v. Dawson Wiggins, in which Wiggins, a black man, is charged with stealing on board a boat (1855). Postwar items include a manuscript speech given to African Americans (1867).
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