Black Masters
Subtitle: A Free Family of Color in the Old South
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: April 1986
Place of publication: New York: USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780393303148
First sentence: ON June 20, 1820, April Ellison appeared on the steps of the Sumter District courthouse in Sumterville, South Carolina.
Table of contents: label: Maps and Illustrations
pagenum: ix; label: Preface
pagenum: xi; label: Chapter 1
title: April's Story
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 2
title: Freedom Bound
pagenum: 30; label: Chapter 3
title: Mastering Freedom
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 4
title: "Wisdom Hall"
pagenum: 107; label: Chapter 5
title: Freedom Besieged
pagenum: 153; label: Chapter 6
title: The Middle Ground
pagenum: 195; label: Chapter 7
title: Masters or Slaves
pagenum: 233; label: Chapter 8
title: Harvest the Wind
pagenum: 288; label: Appendix
pagenum: 339; label: Notes
pagenum: 347; label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 397; label: Index
pagenum: 401