The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina

Title:

Author:

Cecelski, David S., author.

ISBN:

9781469602356

9780807869727

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps

Abstract:

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."

Subject Term:

Slaves -- North Carolina.

Slavery -- North Carolina -- History.

African American ship pilots -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century.

African American fishers -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century.

Inland water transportation -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century.

Electronic Access:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807869727_cecelski

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