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Crafting Lives : African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900 /

From the colonial period onward, Black artisans in southern cities - thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others - played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few Black c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bishir, Catherine W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Setting : New Bern from the Colonial Period to 1900
  • The Fruits of Honest Industry : Black Artisans in New Bern's "Golden Age," 1770-1830
  • Hundreds of Fine Artisans : Leaving and Staying, 1830-1861
  • Worthy to Be Free, Worthy to Be Respected : Civil War, Union Occupation, and Presidential Reconstruction, 1862-1866
  • We Can and Will Do More : Artisans and Citizens, 1867-1900.