The waterman's song
slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina
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Publication
2001 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewatermanssongsla0000cece
- ISBN-10080782643X
- ISBN-139780807826430
- LibraryThing430542
- Library of Congress Control Number2001027125
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number45951690
- Better World Books9780807826430
- Open LibraryOL3944447M
Classifications
- DDC975.6/00496
- LCCE444.N8 C43 2001
- LCC2001027125 [E]
Description
"The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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