Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina (Classic Reprint)

Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: John Spencer Bassett

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780331571219

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Excerpt from Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina The lives Of the American slaves were without annals, and to a large extent without conscious purpose. TO get the story of their existence there is no other way than to follow the tracks they have made in the history Of another people. This will be a slow and, in a sense, an unsatisfac tory labor. At best it can give but a partial picture of the real life Of the slaves, yet it can give all there is to give. Those who in these days of a Clearer view and a broader sympathy have come to look on the former bondsmen as a race having their proper place in the evolution of the human family, must be content to gather up as many facts as can be found and to regret that circumstances have made it impossible to Obtain a more complete story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina; - Primary Source Edition

Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina; - Primary Source Edition PDF

Author: John Spencer Bassett

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781293404676

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775

Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775 PDF

Author: Marvin L. Michael Kay

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 080786238X

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Michael Kay and Lorin Cary illuminate new aspects of slavery in colonial America by focusing on North Carolina, which has largely been ignored by scholars in favor of the more mature slave systems in the Chesapeake and South Carolina. Kay and Cary demonstrate that North Carolina's fast-growing slave population, increasingly bound on large plantations, included many slaves born in Africa who continued to stress their African pasts to make sense of their new world. The authors illustrate this process by analyzing slave languages, naming practices, family structures, religion, and patterns of resistance. Kay and Cary clearly demonstrate that slaveowners erected a Draconian code of criminal justice for slaves. This system played a central role in the masters' attempt to achieve legal, political, and physical hegemony over their slaves, but it impeded a coherent attempt at acculturation. In fact, say Kay and Cary, slaveowners often withheld white culture from slaves rather than work to convert them to it. As a result, slaves retained significant elements of their African heritage and therefore enjoyed a degree of cultural autonomy that freed them from reliance on a worldview and value system determined by whites.