The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860

The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860
ISBN-10
0807866687
ISBN-13
9780807866689
Category
History
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
2000-11-09
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
John Hope Franklin

Description

John Hope Franklin has devoted his professional life to the study of African Americans. Originally published in 1943 by UNC Press, The Free Negro in North Carolina, 1790-1860 was his first book on the subject. As Franklin shows, freed slaves in the antebellum South did not enjoy the full rights of citizenship. Even in North Carolina, reputedly more liberal than most southern states, discriminatory laws became so harsh that many voluntarily returned to slavery.

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