The Waterman's Song
Subtitle: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina (Default)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780807826430
Subjects: American history; Black studies; Maritime history; Slavery & emancipation; Social history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; History: American; Inland Water Transportation; History; History - U.S.; Slaves; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Slavery; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / 19th Century; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 19th Century; 19th century; African American ship pilots; North Carolina
First sentence: In 1808, a slave river pilot named Hews confronted his wife's master, Phillip McGuire, in the seaport of Edenton, North Carolina.