Credits
Credits:
The source material and documents were accessed through the Wilson Library Collection at UNC Chapel Hill, ancestry.com records, and newspapers.com. This lynching specifically was first discovered by the author on Seth Kotch's website, www.lynching.web.unc.edu. The work of Kotch and his associates to map lynching in North Carolina was deeply influential and helpful in my curation of this exhibit.
Sources:
"Chatham County Soil Survey, 1933." North Carolina Maps. North Carolina State Archives, 2017. Web. Accessed 3 Oct. 2017.
"Chatham Mob Lynches Negro with Tire Chain." Charlotte Observer [Charlotte, NC], 19 Sept., 1921. p. 1.
"Negro is Lynched by Mob Near Pittsboro." Concord Times [Concord, NC], 19 Sept. 1921, p. 1.
"Negro Lynched by Mob at Pittsboro Early Yesterday." Fayetteville Observer [Fayetteville, NC], 19 Sept. 1921, p. 4.
Death Certificate for Eugene Daniel. Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. Issued 18 Sept. 1921.
Draft Card for Charles H. Daniel. Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. Registered 1940.
Hartman, Saidiya. "Venus in Two Acts." Small Axe, vol. 12, no. 2, 2008, pp. 1-14. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/241115. Accessed 4 Oct 2017.
Laird, Marilyn Poe. Chatham County North Carolina Deeds. vol. 2, Poe Publishers, 1981.
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United States. Census Bureau. "1900 United States Federal Census: Oak Grove, Durham, NC." Washington: GPO, 1900.
United States. Census Bureau. "1910 United States Federal Census: New Hope Township, Chatham, NC." Washington: GPO, 1910.
United States. Census Bureau. "1920 United States Federal Census: New Hope Township, Chatham, NC." Washington: GPO, 1920.
United States. Census Bureau. "1940 United States Federal Census: Durham, Durham, NC." Washington: GPO, 1940.