Around Surry County   (NC)  (Black America)
Publisher: Arcadia  Publishing; Arcadia
Published: July 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738518060
Subjects: Surry County; Pictorial works; History; Sociology; United States - State & Local - South; History: American; United States - State & Local - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; History / United States / General; NC; African Americans; Biography; North Carolina
First sentence: The slave importation proposition of 1600, offered to the colonies in North Carolina, influenced the flow of slaves to the region. According to the proposition, settlers received 20 acres of land for each male and 10 acres for every female slave.