Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick
By: [edited by J. G. De Roulhac Hamilton]
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Series: James Sprunt historical publications -- v. 10, no. 1.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Abolitionists; Biography; College teachers; Faculty; Dismissal of; History; Politics and government; Slavery; Antislavery movements; Freedom of speech; Sectionalism (United States); University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Other titles: True and candid compositions : the lives and writings of Antebellum students in North Carolina.
Description: 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.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed July 18, 2005)

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.

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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 from the State Library of North Carolina supported the electronic publication of this title.

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