The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden [electronic resource] : The Quaker Struggle to Free Slaves in Revolutionary North Carolina /
Crawford, Michael J.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2010.
Michael Crawford presents the compelling story of colonial manumission movements among North Carolina Quakers. Embedding complete primary documents within the context of his own interpretive analysis, Crawford effectively shows how the consequences of this group's antislavery activism radiated out from a few individuals to the region, the state, and, eventually, the nation.
Michael Crawford presents the compelling story of colonial manumission movements among North Carolina Quakers. Embedding complete primary documents within the context of his own interpretive analysis, Crawford effectively shows how the consequences of this group's antislavery activism radiated out from a few individuals to the region, the state, and, eventually, the nation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Slavery and the church
Quakers
Quaker abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Slavery