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The Resource The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina, David S. Cecelski

The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina, David S. Cecelski

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Author
Summary
Cecelski, "chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
Contents
  • 4.
  • A march down into the water : canal building and maritime slave labor
  • pt. 2.
  • The struggle for freedom
  • 5.
  • All of them abolitionists : Black watermen and the maritime passage to freedom
  • 6.
  • The best and most trustworthy pilots : slave watermen in Civil War Beaufort
  • 7.
  • A radical and Jacobinical spirit : Abraham Galloway and the struggle for freedom in the maritime South
  • pt. 1.
  • Afterword :
  • The last daughter of Davis Ridge
  • Working on the water
  • 1.
  • As far as a colored man can there be free : a slave waterman's life
  • 2.
  • Common as gar broth : slave fishermen from Tidewater plantations to the Outer Banks
  • 3.
  • Like sailors at sea : slaves and free Blacks in the shad, rockfish, and herring fishery
Isbn
9781469602356
Instance
Label
The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina
Title
The waterman's song
Title remainder
slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina
Statement of responsibility
David S. Cecelski
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Cecelski, "chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from the colonial era through Reconstruction, plied the vast inland waters of North Carolina from the Outer Banks to the upper reaches of tidewater rivers."
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Action
digitized
Cataloging source
OCLCE
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Cecelski, David S
Dewey number
975.6/00496
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
E444.N8
LC item number
C43 2001
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slaves
  • Slavery
  • African American ship pilots
  • African American fishers
  • Inland water transportation
  • North Carolina
Label
The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina, David S. Cecelski
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • A march down into the water : canal building and maritime slave labor
  • pt. 2.
  • The struggle for freedom
  • 5.
  • All of them abolitionists : Black watermen and the maritime passage to freedom
  • 6.
  • The best and most trustworthy pilots : slave watermen in Civil War Beaufort
  • 7.
  • A radical and Jacobinical spirit : Abraham Galloway and the struggle for freedom in the maritime South
  • pt. 1.
  • Afterword :
  • The last daughter of Davis Ridge
  • Working on the water
  • 1.
  • As far as a colored man can there be free : a slave waterman's life
  • 2.
  • Common as gar broth : slave fishermen from Tidewater plantations to the Outer Banks
  • 3.
  • Like sailors at sea : slaves and free Blacks in the shad, rockfish, and herring fishery
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
File format
one file format
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781469602356
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
ocn605086965
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
The waterman's song : slavery and freedom in maritime North Carolina, David S. Cecelski
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 4.
  • A march down into the water : canal building and maritime slave labor
  • pt. 2.
  • The struggle for freedom
  • 5.
  • All of them abolitionists : Black watermen and the maritime passage to freedom
  • 6.
  • The best and most trustworthy pilots : slave watermen in Civil War Beaufort
  • 7.
  • A radical and Jacobinical spirit : Abraham Galloway and the struggle for freedom in the maritime South
  • pt. 1.
  • Afterword :
  • The last daughter of Davis Ridge
  • Working on the water
  • 1.
  • As far as a colored man can there be free : a slave waterman's life
  • 2.
  • Common as gar broth : slave fishermen from Tidewater plantations to the Outer Banks
  • 3.
  • Like sailors at sea : slaves and free Blacks in the shad, rockfish, and herring fishery
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 304 pages)
File format
one file format
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781469602356
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
ocn605086965
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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