Record Series and Collections

1828 - 1997

View of a Petition for the Emancipation of Harriet Ann Jacob's Grandmother, Molly Horniblow, Signed with an "X" by Hannah Pritchard, at Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, 10 April 1828.

1966 - 1990

Side view of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan Co., hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photo made in May, 1966 before the house was moved and remodeled. An old automobile appears at left.

1835 - 1987

View of an advertisement placed by James Norcom in "The American Beacon," July 4, 1835 edition, offering a $100 reward for the capture of Harriet Jacobs, a runaway slave. Taken from "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, p. ...

1966 - 1990

Documentary photo of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan Co., NC, the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photo taken in May, 1966 before the house was moved and remodeled.

1966 - 1990

Side view of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan County, NC, the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. A large fallen tree appears in the foreground. Photo made in May, 1966 before the house was moved and remodeled.

1966 - 1990

Front view of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan County, NC, the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photos taken in May, 1966 before house was moved and remodeled. An old automobile, barn, and power line appear to the right of the house.

1966 - 1990

Side view of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan Co., the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photos made in May, 1966 before it was moved and remodeled. Shows detail of two chimneys.

1966 - 1990

View of Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan Co., the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photo made in May, 1966 before the house was moved and remodeled. Fallen trees appear in the foreground.

1966 - 1990

Detailed view of the two chimneys at Auburn House, Edenton, Chowan County, NC, the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photos made in May, 1966 before it was moved and remodeled.

1966 - 1990

View of Auburn House, Edenton, NC, the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs. Photo taken in May, 1966 before it was moved and remodeled. An old car appears in yard to the right of the house.

1837 - 1997

Dr. James Norcom's note repaying his daughter for having sold her "two mulatto [enslaved persons] named Joe and Louisa, the children of his [enslaved] wench, Harriet Jacobs" by substituting two other children in their stead; ...

1994

Original pencil portrait sketch of Harriet Jacobs late in life drawn by Keith White of West Side Gallery and Studios, Raleigh, NC, commissioned by George Stevenson and completed by the artist in February of 1994. Work is signed "K White 94." ...