{"product_id":"the-having-of-negroes-is-become-a-burden-the-quaker-struggle-to-free-slaves-in-revolutionary-north-carolina-9780813060309","title":"The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden: The Quaker Struggle to Free Slaves in Revolutionary North Carolina","description":"\"Make[s] use of hitherto unknown diaries and letters of George Walton (died 1789), a Quaker convert whose accounts of dreams and conversations with fellow Quakers provide an almost unique resource.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"[O]ffer[s] detailed evidence of the varied efforts made by eastern North Carolina Friends to fight [re-enslavement] laws. . . . [Crawford] makes clear the toll of trying to pursue one's principles (in the case of Quakers) or pursue one's freedom (in the case of African Americans) within the repressive legal climate of late-eighteenth century North Carolina--and indeed the United States.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Remarkable. . . complements the existing scholarly literature on the antislavery movement because it deals with a period, a place, and with people often ignored. It examines antislavery Quakerism in slaveholding North Carolina, and it allows the reader to become acquainted with antislavery active individuals other than the outstanding and well-known ones, especially George Walton. . . . An illuminating book that addresses a large audience thanks to its clarity.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael J. Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813060309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e is senior historian of the Naval History and Heritage Command. He is the author of thirteen books, including \u003ci\u003eSeasons of Grace: Colonial New England's Revival Tradition in Its British Context\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":66855793524851,"sku":"9780813060309","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_214ae4be-c1e0-4513-8653-5c366a7164b3.jpg?v=1791894179","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-having-of-negroes-is-become-a-burden-the-quaker-struggle-to-free-slaves-in-revolutionary-north-carolina-9780813060309","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}