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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bishir, Catherine W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Artisans.
African Americans.
African American artisans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Noirs americains > Caroline du Nord > New Bern > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Artisans > Caroline du Nord > New Bern > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African Americans > North Carolina > New Bern > History > 19th century.
Artisans > North Carolina > New Bern > History > 19th century.
African American artisans > New Bern > History > 19th century.
North Carolina > New Bern.
New Bern (N.C.) > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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