African Americans in Early North Carolina: A Documentary History

Draws upon 17th- and 18th-century sources to trace the history of African Americans, slave and free, in North Carolina through 1800. The documents are used to outline the arrival of Africans, mechanisms for maintaining the yoke of slavery, slave resistance, manumission, and the challenges facing free blacks. This book presents in an accessible format a variety of primary sources, which are suitable for classroom use and have appeal for historians, genealogists, and anyone curious about the lives of black North Carolinians during the earliest years of the state's history.

Author: Alan D. Watson
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780865263130

About the Author
Watson, Alan D.: - Alan D. Watson is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. One of North Carolina's most prolific historians, he has authored more than fifteen books and numerous articles on various topics in the Tar Heel State's colonial and revolutionary history.