The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina /
Cecelski, "chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, 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."
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2001]
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| Summary: | Cecelski, "chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, 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." |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xx, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 080782643X 9780807826430 0807849723 9780807849729 |