FRANCIS DONNELL WINSTON PAPERS #2810, 1828-1943
Correspondence of Winston of Windsor, North Carolina, related to his activities as judge,
legislator, lieutenant-governor, University of North Carolina trustee, and civic leader.
Early family papers contain a slave bill of sale (1828); items relating to the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (1867- 69); and a letter discussing the voting rights
of blacks and the new franchise law (1893). Correspondence relates to the potential impact of
blacks on national economics (1916) and the education of blacks in Bertie County, North
Carolina (1931, 1933); and includes letters from Joseph F. Mitchell, a former slave and
retired Episcopal minister (1928-1929).