People

General Robert Smalls

General Robert Smalls (1839-1915) first became known in the middle of the Civil War when he freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the Federal blockade. Smalls received a reward and after the war served in the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina. This image is from Negro Stars in All Ages of the World by W. H. Quick, L. L. B.
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Spears Family

Family of Arthur Eugene Spears - Arthur Spears was an executive with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Back row, left to right: Laura Elizabeth Spears Malone (1911-2011), Arthur Spears, Sr. (1884-1981), wife Daisy Ancrum Spears, Arthur Spears, Jr. (1916-2000). Seated: Daisy Spears Stroud (1921-), John Merrick Spears (1919-1939) and Louise (1913). Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

William Washington Browne (1849–1897)

William Washingon Browne, from `Negro Stars in All Ages of the World` by W. H. Quick, L. L. B. Browne was a champion of empancipation and joined the Union Army in 1862 when the Army seized Memphis, Tennessee. Browne was an outspoken critic of the Ku Klux Klan, and avid Temperance activist and was a Methodist minister of the Leigh Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The only possible Charlotte connection may have been with the Temperance organization the United Order of True Reformers. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Arthur E. Spears (1885-1981)

Arthure E. Spears was Manager of the Charlotte District Mutual Life Insurance Company. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Floyd and Margaret Wallace, Sr

Floyd and Margaret Wallace, Sr. and Floyd Wallace, Jr., 1941, at home on Long Street. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Malone Wedding

The wedding of Laura Spears and William Malone. Physical Description: 8x10 Enlarged version is framed for exhibit. Publisher: Unknown

Virginia and Evelyn Wallace Children

Virginia Wallace Keogh and Evelyn Wallace Byrd. Their parents were Floyd George and Margaret Neal Wallace. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Southland Jubilee Singers

Southland Jubilee Singers was the early name of the group later known as the 4 Knights. The latter signed with Capitol Records and was a popular gosepl group. Left to right: Eugene Alford, John Wallace-guitar, Floyd Wallace, Sr.-lead singer, Oscar Broadway, William Hall. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Clyde Brown Birthday Party

Birthday party for Clyde Brown in 1937. From left to right, Clyde Duggie Stron and Margaret Alexander. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

St. Paul Baptist Church Ladies Usher Board

St. Paul Ladies Usher Board.Seated from left to right: Reba Campbell, Laura E. Douglas, Maggie Jones, Mary Caruth, Ms. Huntley. The women standing are unidentified. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown

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