Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, 5th and Market St, restoration, brickwork, slave owners
Myrick Howard, looking toward 5th St. with hands in pants pockets, stands in the left doorway (looking toward building) of the urban 2- story brick slave quarters of the Bellamy Mansion.
This writing sample is attributed to General James Owen's slave Omar ibn Said, known as Uncle Moreau. Moreau could read and write Arabic, and wrote an autobiographical essay that was later translated.
This sample is found on the inside back cover of the writing journal of Eliza Henrietta Owen, daughter of General James Owen. It was written by their slave, Uncle Moreau, who could read and write Arabic.
This sample is located inside the front cover of the writing journal of Eliza Henrietta Owen, daughter of General James Owen. It was written by their slave Uncle Moreau, who could read and write Arabic.
This photograph features Omar ibn Said, known as Uncle Moreau, slave of General James Owen. Writing on the photograph notes that it was taken when Moreau was around eighty years old, and that he lived into his nineties.
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, historic places, slave quarters, Market St and 5th St., mansions, fires, antebellum architecture
A burned area around one of the marbalized slate fireplaces on the ground floor in the Bellamy Mansion. 2 small glass containers and a framed needlepoint (God bless our home) rests on the mantle.
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Historic district, historical houses, John D. Bellamy, slave quarters, museum, tourist attraction, antebellum architecture, tours
Photograph of the front of the Bellamy Mansion taken from across Market St. near the corner of 5th and Market St. House needs painting and repair work. A sign that says "Bellamy Mansion 1859 open" is attached to one of the large white colums near...
Italianate style dependency built to house as many as nine slaves of Dr. John D. Bellamy, and wife, Eliza McIlhenny Harriss. After the Civil War, servants lived here. A rare example of an intact urban slave quarters, the outbuilding includes...
Tileston School, Schools, S. Fourth Street, Ann Street
Tillie, a Bellamy family slave, later lived over the old kitchen at the Burgwin-Wright House.
St. Mary's Catholic Pro-Cathedral is in the background. The original school building in the middle of the block was constructed in 1871-1872 with funds...
Page 2 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Page 3 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...
Page 1 of letter from Eliza Mumford Owen to her husband, James Owen, dated the Friday the 27th (either September or December, according to an 1822 calendar). Eliza writes from Milton, their family home, that she does not like to be separated from...