The roles of African American slaves in early university life, from constructing the physical campus to serving students and faculty.
- Wilson Caldwell (1841-1898), college servant
- Old East, ca. 1797. Pen and ink sketch by John Pettigrew.
- Scrollwork by Thomas Day (1801-1861)
- Page from account book, 1830, listing student fees including two-dollar charge paid for slaves hired as college servants
- Slave advertised for sale, Milton, NC, Chronicle, 12 April 1861
- James Phillips (1792-1867)
- Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857)
- Benjamin Smith (1756-1826)
- Paul C. Cameron (1808-1891)
- Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870)
- November Caldwell (1791-1872)
- Wilson Caldwell (1841-1898)
- Title Page of The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, 1845
- 1829 advertisement for a college servant runaway slave, Hillsborough Recorder, 29 November 1829
- James Strudwick Smith (1787-1852)
- Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Franklin Street, adjacent to the university campus
- Pauli Murray (1910-1985)
- Grave marker in Old Chapel Hill Cemetery for college servants
- Do-Ho Suh, Unsung Founders, Bond and Free, McCorkle Place, 2005