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Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900

Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Catherine W. BishirPublish date:2015-08-01Pages:392
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469626574ISBN-10:1469626578UPC:9781469626574Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.29 x 6.15 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SCQXX4ZZ8N
From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life.
Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469626574ISBN-10:1469626578UPC:9781469626574Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, Social HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.29 x 6.15 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.2809Product ID:SCQXX4ZZ8N
Bishir, Catherine W.: - Catherine W. Bishir is curator of Architectural Records Special Collections at North Carolina State University Libraries. She is author or co-author of six books, including North Carolina Architecture.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

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