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Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick

Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac 1878-1961 (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: Born near Salisbury, NC, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and was later hired to teach chemistry. Although he was a respected teacher, in 1856 during the presidential election, it was rumored that he voted for Fremont. Students and alumni protested his vote against slavery and eventually were able to persuade the Trustees to dismiss Hedrick from service at UNC. Text includes correspondence and newspaper articles that represent both sides of the conflict.

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Physical Description: electronic resource
1 online resource
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005.

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General Note:	Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Brian Dietz. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Brian Dietz, and Elizabeth S. Wright. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection True and candid compositions: the lives and writings of Antebellum students in North Carolina. Title from electronic title page (viewed July 18, 2005).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and images (JPEG); 1 file : ca. 135 kilobytes.
Original Version Note:	Transcribed from: Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick / [edited by J.G. De Roulhac Hamilton] Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, 1910. 42 p. ; 23 cm. The James Sprunt historical publications ; v. 10, no. 1.
Funding Information Note:	Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the electronic publication of this title.