num_pages: 264
description: Examines the history of a free black community of skilled artisans and semiskilled laborers in Norfolk, Virginia, charting the decline in status for free blacks throughout the antebellum period, and detailing the active roles free blacks played in creating their community. For students and scholars of African-American history, Virginia history, and the South in general. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Free Blacks in Norfolk Virginia 1790-1860: The Darker Side of Freedom
titlecomplete: Free Blacks in Norfolk Virginia 1790-1860: The Darker Side of Freedom (Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr