Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860
"A remarkably fine work of creative scholarship." ―C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books
In 1860, when four million African Americans were enslaved, a quarter-million others, including William Ellison, were "free people of color." But Ellison was remarkable. Born a slave, his experience spans the history of the South from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. In a day when most Americans, black and white, worked the soil, barely scraping together a living, Ellison was a cotton-gin maker―a master craftsman. When nearly all free blacks were destitute, Ellison was wealthy and well-established. He owned a large plantation and more slaves than all but the richest white planters.Country | USA |
Brand | W. W. Norton & Company |
Manufacturer | W. W. Norton & Company |
Binding | Paperback |
ReleaseDate | 1986-04-17 |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780393303148 |