The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina

The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
ISBN-10
0807849723
ISBN-13
9780807849729
Category
History
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
David S. Cecelski

Description

Cecelski, "chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers."

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