Gales Papers
Papers of Joseph Gales, Sr. (1761-1841), state printer, editor (1799-1833) of the Raleigh Register, and mayor of Raleigh (1819- 1833, 1840-1841), and of his wife Winifred, their sons, and gradson. Photocopied reminiscen…
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Caroline Lee Hentz
Caroline Lee Hentz lived in Chapel Hill from 1826 to 1831, while her husband Nicholas Hentz taught languages at the university, and befriended the enslaved poet George Moses Horton and helped edit his work. Her own later novels defended slavery, and Lovell's Folly (1833) drew characters from November and Venus Caldwell, enslaved by UNC president Joseph Caldwell.
Source: The Carolina Story: Caroline Lee Hentz (1800-1856)
On the Friends’ Local Authors roster as Caroline Lee Hentz → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Hentz, Caroline: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)
1 photograph in the Society's Artists binder: Portrait.
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- Chapel Hill Public Library (opens in a new tab) Public library in Chapel Hill
- Durham County Library (opens in a new tab) Public library next door in Durham
- UNC Libraries (opens in a new tab) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Duke Libraries (opens in a new tab) Duke University, Durham
- NC Cardinal (opens in a new tab) The State Library of North Carolina and public libraries across the state
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- Caroline Lee Hentz befriends and tutors the poet George Moses Horton in Chapel Hill While her husband Nicholas Hentz taught languages at the university, Caroline Lee Hentz befriended the enslaved poet George Moses Horton, tutored him in gramma…Search the index · The Carolina Story: Caroline Lee Hentz (1800-1856)
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