Works Cited
PRIMARY SOURCES
1. “Bethany Veney the Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman.” Accessed February 17,
2017. http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/veney/veney.html.
The following website contains a PDF of a narrative by Bethany Veney, a slave woman in the late 1800’s. We are able to use this source due to the reality of slavery being exposed along with Bethany’s desire for freedom for her and her fellow blacks throughout the nation.
2. “Black Codes, 1866 - North Carolina Digital History.” 2009. Accessed February 17, 2017.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-civilwar/5516.
By claiming different laws and codes for African Americans during this time, this website allows us to pull the reality out of how different African American’s were treated and how they were limited to what they could do.
3. “BookFusion Reader.” Accessed February 17, 2017.
https://reader.bookfusion.com/books/57908-journal-of-a-residence-on-a-georgian-plantation-1838-1839.
The following website contains a diary of an African American slave whom worked within cotton plantations along the coast of Georgia. The slave writes of truth, exposing slavery for its true brutality among human beings.
4. “‘What to the slave is the fourth of July?’” Douglass, Frederick. “‘What to the slave is the fourth of July?’” July 5, 1852. Accessed February 10, 2017. July 5, 1852. Accessed February 10, 2017. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/.
5. “Harriet Ann Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” Harriet Jacobs. 1861. Electronic.
2003. Accessed December 15, 2016. http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html
This website will be used to look at Jacob’s writing,”Life of a Slavegirl’. The information provided is Harriet Jacob’s book in entirety which will help find information on what she went through and her opinions on slavery which caused her to speak up on the matter.
6. The Patriot. Anti-Slavery Meeting. August 15, 1846.
A section in the newspaper, (Page 3) there is a mention of certain people in Jacob’s life. It is a brief dialogue and possibly update. Their words may also add insight in the private life and details of Harriet Jacobs. More information allows for a greater and deeper examination of her cause in abolitionism.
7. “The Political Economy of Slavery.” Ruffins, Edmund. 1857. Electronic. Accessed February 12, 2017.
This lecture written during the 1850s provides evidence of slavery support, and demonstrates the type of reasoning Harriet Jacobs had to combat in order to take her stance.
SECONDARY SOURCES
1. "Harriet Jacobs." Harriet Jacobs. Accessed December 15, 2016. http://harrietjacobs.org/
This website will be used to help with general background and life information of Harriet Jacobs, It contains Jacob’s life in extreme detail, including how she spoke out against slavery and how she took a stand to announce her opinion.
2. "Harriet Jacobs." Jacobs, Harriet | NCpedia. Accessed December 15, 2016.
http://www.ncpedia.org/biography/jacobs-harriet
This website is also very informative of Jacob’s overall life. The website also contains people who helped or influenced Jacob’s to voice her opinion.
3.. "Harriet Jacobs." Harriet Jacobs. Accessed January 25, 2017.
http://www.shacklesofyesterday.org/harriet-ann-jacobs.html
The details expressed in this website help with our project through teaching of the basic life and background of Harriet Jacobs. Harriet’s want for freedom and ways she works to acquire such is also written about in this.
4. Jacobs, Harriet A., John S. Jacobs, Louisa Matilda Jacobs, and Jean Fagan. Yellin. The
Harriet Jacobs family papers. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
This set of books are a collection of various writings of the Jacobs family. Information provided by UNC Press will aid in answering questions surrounding her family life and dynamics between her activism, public and personal life. It will also allow for a more holistic view of her activism against slavery.
5. “North Carolina Historic Sites.” NC Historic Sites -Historic Edenton-Overview. Web.
Accessed February 10, 2017.
The state-run site provides a brief overview of Edenton and its historical significance. It helps place Jacobs in a setting and understand her surroundings.
6. Yale University. “Harriet Jacobs: Selected Writings and Correspondence Documents.” 2016.
Accessed December 17, 2016.
http://glc.yale.edu/harriet-jacobs-selected-writings-and-correspondence-documents.
This Yale-organized website has a page dedicated to various letters from or to Harriet Jacobs. This is an easily accessible source with primary-eyes. This will help gauge the attitude of acquaintances, friends, and of the public. It will help prove my thesis by providing more complex and personal information to support my claim.
1. “Bethany Veney the Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman.” Accessed February 17,
2017. http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/veney/veney.html.
The following website contains a PDF of a narrative by Bethany Veney, a slave woman in the late 1800’s. We are able to use this source due to the reality of slavery being exposed along with Bethany’s desire for freedom for her and her fellow blacks throughout the nation.
2. “Black Codes, 1866 - North Carolina Digital History.” 2009. Accessed February 17, 2017.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-civilwar/5516.
By claiming different laws and codes for African Americans during this time, this website allows us to pull the reality out of how different African American’s were treated and how they were limited to what they could do.
3. “BookFusion Reader.” Accessed February 17, 2017.
https://reader.bookfusion.com/books/57908-journal-of-a-residence-on-a-georgian-plantation-1838-1839.
The following website contains a diary of an African American slave whom worked within cotton plantations along the coast of Georgia. The slave writes of truth, exposing slavery for its true brutality among human beings.
4. “‘What to the slave is the fourth of July?’” Douglass, Frederick. “‘What to the slave is the fourth of July?’” July 5, 1852. Accessed February 10, 2017. July 5, 1852. Accessed February 10, 2017. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/what-to-the-slave-is-the-fourth-of-july/.
5. “Harriet Ann Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” Harriet Jacobs. 1861. Electronic.
2003. Accessed December 15, 2016. http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/jacobs.html
This website will be used to look at Jacob’s writing,”Life of a Slavegirl’. The information provided is Harriet Jacob’s book in entirety which will help find information on what she went through and her opinions on slavery which caused her to speak up on the matter.
6. The Patriot. Anti-Slavery Meeting. August 15, 1846.
A section in the newspaper, (Page 3) there is a mention of certain people in Jacob’s life. It is a brief dialogue and possibly update. Their words may also add insight in the private life and details of Harriet Jacobs. More information allows for a greater and deeper examination of her cause in abolitionism.
7. “The Political Economy of Slavery.” Ruffins, Edmund. 1857. Electronic. Accessed February 12, 2017.
This lecture written during the 1850s provides evidence of slavery support, and demonstrates the type of reasoning Harriet Jacobs had to combat in order to take her stance.
SECONDARY SOURCES
1. "Harriet Jacobs." Harriet Jacobs. Accessed December 15, 2016. http://harrietjacobs.org/
This website will be used to help with general background and life information of Harriet Jacobs, It contains Jacob’s life in extreme detail, including how she spoke out against slavery and how she took a stand to announce her opinion.
2. "Harriet Jacobs." Jacobs, Harriet | NCpedia. Accessed December 15, 2016.
http://www.ncpedia.org/biography/jacobs-harriet
This website is also very informative of Jacob’s overall life. The website also contains people who helped or influenced Jacob’s to voice her opinion.
3.. "Harriet Jacobs." Harriet Jacobs. Accessed January 25, 2017.
http://www.shacklesofyesterday.org/harriet-ann-jacobs.html
The details expressed in this website help with our project through teaching of the basic life and background of Harriet Jacobs. Harriet’s want for freedom and ways she works to acquire such is also written about in this.
4. Jacobs, Harriet A., John S. Jacobs, Louisa Matilda Jacobs, and Jean Fagan. Yellin. The
Harriet Jacobs family papers. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
This set of books are a collection of various writings of the Jacobs family. Information provided by UNC Press will aid in answering questions surrounding her family life and dynamics between her activism, public and personal life. It will also allow for a more holistic view of her activism against slavery.
5. “North Carolina Historic Sites.” NC Historic Sites -Historic Edenton-Overview. Web.
Accessed February 10, 2017.
The state-run site provides a brief overview of Edenton and its historical significance. It helps place Jacobs in a setting and understand her surroundings.
6. Yale University. “Harriet Jacobs: Selected Writings and Correspondence Documents.” 2016.
Accessed December 17, 2016.
http://glc.yale.edu/harriet-jacobs-selected-writings-and-correspondence-documents.
This Yale-organized website has a page dedicated to various letters from or to Harriet Jacobs. This is an easily accessible source with primary-eyes. This will help gauge the attitude of acquaintances, friends, and of the public. It will help prove my thesis by providing more complex and personal information to support my claim.